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F15's at Fairford

Post by nickyp » Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:22 pm

A few shots this evening of the F15E's that arrived at Fairford today.
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ImageDSC_0533new by nick porter, on Flickr

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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by Skywatcher » Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:37 pm

Good evening Nick
Thankyou for sharing these ,awesome pics ,like the one with the mission U-2 in background,and the last one is very atmospheric with the seeting sun :thumb: ,should be a intresting weeks flying ,don’t think this has happened before today ,think it’s a record number of Es outside of RIAT
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by nickyp » Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:51 pm

Hi Max, thank you. Hopefully we'll see lots of flying over the next few days. :)
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by Skywatcher » Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:55 pm

Yes indeed fingers crossed :)
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by Nighthawke » Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:08 pm

Skywatcher wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:37 pm
 ... harvest moon ...
I think that is the sun!
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Post by Skywatcher » Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:13 pm

Ahh yes it is ,although the harvest moon was spectacular tonight
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by Stratocruiser » Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:13 am

Super pics .... thanks for sharing them :thumbs:
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Post by nickyp » Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:56 pm

Thanks Stratocruiser :thumb:
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by dragonchaser » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:19 pm

A very impressive collection of photos, a great record of the exercise.
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Post by welshandy » Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:51 am

Great Photo's, but the last one is just :Wow: :Wow: :Wow:
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by slogen51 » Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:03 am

Nicely done

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Post by Knife 04 » Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:01 am

Very nice Nick - well done with these! :thumb:
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by marinergaz » Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:09 am

Nice pics, love the ground shots with the sun behind them
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by Blue fox » Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:57 pm

What an excellent set of pictures, love the sunset shots. :thumb: :thumb:
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by nickyp » Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:07 pm

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated :)
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by Albert149 » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:37 pm

Nice, pics, shame they did not stay longer.
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Post by GhostFlight91 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:58 pm

Lovely work.
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by rajom » Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:38 am

Great photos!
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by nickyp » Thu Sep 30, 2021 2:15 pm

Cheers guys :thumb:
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Re: F15's at Fairford

Post by MedU2 » Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:45 pm

Wow Nick they are super shots!
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