If you really want to go then just do Friday, Saturday & Sunday. You'll get the bulk of the arrivals, a full show (practice) on Friday and two full show days. Get up a wee bit early for Saturday or Sunday for a jaunt around the static and job done. No reason was given, no apology was given either.....

almost nothing on Wednesday last year except based stuff taking off late Wednesday to go to the sky van and people who had paid for the spotters day weren't even allowed on base...No refunds however.... Not disbelieving you as you were there, but seriously that actually happened. What was the reaso...

Very nice set, some lovely visitors to be had as well.

Lovely, well worth the trip out I'd say.

Thanks to Google Translate: "Air Base No. 11, in Beja, will host the NATO Tiger Meet 2025 (NTM25), one of the most prestigious tactical exercises in European military aviation, which will take place between September 21 and October 3. The event, organized by Squadron 301 “Jaguares” of the Portuguese...

Yup, very nice indeed

Going to Ramstein tomorrow and Spang on friday ,anyone been before tips or locations ect ,do f16's fly everyday ?whats police like with spotters ect ? thanks in advance I certainly can't help with locations but if you're hoping for F-16s you'll be disappointed. Its been over 30 years since they wer...

Going to Ramstein tomorrow and Spang on friday ,anyone been before tips or locations ect ,do f16's fly everyday ?whats police like with spotters ect ? thanks in advance I certainly can't help with locations but if you're hoping for F-16s you'll be disappointed. Its been over 30 years since they wer...

Thanks for the kind words folks, very much appreciated.

Cheers, Tom

A rather damp afternoon at Leuchars for the arrival of Jigsaw 01, 02 & 03 from Wattisham. Quite a sight to see these three coming down the approach, memories of Herk formations roaming Scotland in past years. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54461783495_31eb57d24f_h.jpg ZM421 A400M Atlas C1 by To...

Lovely stuff mate, see you soon.

Cheers, Tom

Another question from me - sorry. Did anyone manage to get a serial for the blanked-out Makos F-16? Not sure what you mean by ‘blanked out’ ? However at least a couple of aircraft in the ‘Have Glass’ finish are extremely difficult to read dependant on sun angle. All the aircraft yesterday were read...

Reaper02 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 21, 2025 8:39 pm

There seems to be a directive from Greek HQ to avoid the Vouraikos low flying area next week. Source should be 338 Sqn at Andravida, reason is thought to be safety related (area became to popular/crowded).

5 x Greek F-16 through today.

Great to see those, thank you for taking the time to post them. Twelve aircraft were deployed by the 474 TFW/429 TFS under Coronet Crusader from 21 May - 19 June 1985. For info you can still access the Sharpshooter website using the web.archive facility, try the following url: https://web.archive.or...

Italian activity today saw all three airborne later than yesterday (c.1540) and returning to Leuchars at 1738. For the record: SPERA90A MM55133/37-33 37° Stormo Markings Twin Seater SPERA90B MM7303/4-53 4° Stormo Markings SPERA90C MM55132/51-32 51° Stormo Markings Twin Seater 1 AMRAAM 1 Meteor Calls...

Lovely set Tony, great variety and good to see a set of subjects different to those we usually see.

Cheers, Tom

Also says that payment details will be sent to the email address that you have submitted and that "Participation Declaration is until March 21st" - assume that is the cut off for registration.

drives20 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:39 pm

All 3 on the deck at Lossie as IAM3201 flight

32:12, 6:06 and 32:15 for the serials, also in landing order

Parked in HAS 01, 04 and 05

Just to add to the F-35 codes above - serials are MM7362/32-12, MM7371/6-06, MM7364/32-15

Will that not introduce rolling shutter on props? I’m sorry for probably daft questions but with this issue on these new mirrorless cameras is it now in practical to use a mechanical shutter on fast moving subjects like we have for years on DSLRs, because the EVF can’t keep up? No apology needed, v...

DanSeaman wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 28, 2025 10:07 am

So after so experimenting the the ES works well however trying to pan with a moving subject using the MS is nearly impossible because there is so much lag in the viewfinder. Is there a setting to minimise this that anyone has found?

As per my post above re: EFC.