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Coningsby Nights.

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Coningsby Nights.

Post by burnsy133 » Sat May 04, 2024 1:09 pm

Hearing Coningsby were on nights and the big Orange thing in the sky was making it bi-monthly appearance, a quick dart up after work netted the following.

Imagetyphoon2- by Rob Burns, on Flickr
ZK434 seen departing runway 07, shot from Crash Gate 1.

Imagetyphoon23- by Rob Burns, on Flickr
ZK348 seen departing runway 07, taken from Crash Gate1.

Imagetyphoon24-07848 by Rob Burns, on Flickr
Not sure if I like this "Moggy" nickname, but I sure like the scheme.

Imagetyphoon25-07864 by Rob Burns, on Flickr
ZK348, returning from its first mission of the afternoon.

Imagetyphoon26-07875 by Rob Burns, on Flickr
ZK313 taxying back to stand after its first mission of the afternoon.

Imagetyphoon26-07881 by Rob Burns, on Flickr
ZK313, having just arrived back from the days first sortie.

Hopefully they will be on nights again soon, the second set of sorties departed literally 10 minutes after golden hour.
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Re: Coningsby Nights.

Post by Seacat192 » Sat May 04, 2024 3:50 pm

An evening well spent!

Thanks for posting.

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Re: Coningsby Nights.

Post by blakey » Sat May 04, 2024 4:51 pm

These "night time" shots are sunnier than some day time shots that's been posted on here
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Re: Coningsby Nights.

Post by paddyboy » Sun May 05, 2024 4:29 am

Cracking set, Rob :thumbs:

Well done and thanks for posting :thumb:

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