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Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

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Typhoon2
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Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by Typhoon2 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:26 am

Hi all,
Set the alarm for 2am to get up to Fairford last Friday in time for some Sunrise shots. Well, that did not go to plan and ended up waking up at 3.30am :'( A frantic dash up the A303 and various A-roads got me at Fairford at around 4.55, and by the time I had parked up one of the B-52s took off, so no photos of that. However, the light for the first B-1 launch was tremendous, and with my sole aim of the trip being B-1 burner take off shots, I was not disappointed! The clouds rolled over for the second launch which was a bit of a shame, I stayed around for the second B-52 and the recovery of the first B-1, but had to head home to get back for work so missed the second recovery of the B-1. All in all, a cracking day was had. I had never seen any of the USAF's current bombers so to see two types and 4 movements was very pleasing.

Anyways, here are some photos, in the order they were taken:
ImageB-1 084 taxi by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 taxi side on by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 head on by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 Nose by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 take off by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 burner take off by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 burner take off 3 by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 burner take off 4 by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 139 taxi by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 139 take off by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-52 Taxi side on by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-52 taxi 1 by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 landing by Stu Weston, on Flickr

ImageB-1 084 landing 2 by Stu Weston, on Flickr


Comments more than welcome :thumb:

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Re: Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by grumpy616 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:02 pm

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Re: Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by matt e » Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:13 pm

Great set burner take off#3 superb

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Re: Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by Stroudy » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:25 am

Nice shots... and with a B-1, cloud only helps burner shots!

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Re: Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by Typhoon2 » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:03 pm

Thank you all! :thumbs:

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Post by Bobbster » Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:31 am

Smashing set worth getting up for

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Re: Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by xxAsHxx » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:38 am

Great set, but for me #7 is the standout shot with the vortices and burners...

Well done!

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Re: Fairford 16th June- B-1 Heaven!

Post by Typhoon2 » Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:27 pm

Thanks both! :thumb:

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