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Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

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tailslides
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Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by tailslides » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:52 pm

I spent four days at Monte Real for "Real Thaw" 2018, the 10th running of this Portuguese exercise which featured aircraft from Spain, Denmark, NATO, USA and the home nation.

Missions were early afternoon and evening, on Thursday 1st February we were hosted on base and had a good opportunity for photographs although the light in January/February on a 01/19 runway can be tricky, the active runway was 01 so the light is always from the tail end.

Thursday was quite cloudy and we had strong wind with rain showers, it didn't dampen the event though ;) The night photography was a real challenge and not very successful, although the super moon came in for surprise appearance.

Thanks go to al the officers and men who made the day on base possible and the aircrew who made some great passes for us.

Image15104 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image46-20 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

ImageE600 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15101 n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15110 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15101b by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Imagedark n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

ImageE-599 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Imagetails n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image31038 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

ImageE599 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

ImageE-007 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

ImageE3 n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image16803 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Imagemoo n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15114 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image16702 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15114 (2) by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15-28 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15132 n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15107b by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image15105 n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Image12-19 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

ImageE611 by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

Imagemoon n by Peter Rolt, on Flickr

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by BOLLO » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:01 pm

Cracking set of shots chap :thumb: :thumb:
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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by FalconFlare » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:02 pm

Great set, some very beautiful pictures in here. Nice catches from the planes taking off with the moon in the background! :thumbs:

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by Punkrunner62 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:10 pm

Very very impressive set,outstanding what more can you say really.
Cheers.

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by Hunter49 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:10 pm

As you said great passes and nice angles from the pilots!Never had that from the in the uk. great pic's

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by SW Sky Blue » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:29 pm

Nice set pete :thumb:

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by mikee115 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:52 pm

An exercise thats on the to do list. Great set.

The CN295 and C-130 shots really stand out.

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by XWP29 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:34 pm

Very nice set :thumb:

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by f106dart » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:42 pm

Great job Peter

And there not crooked like Ali's :Oops:

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by paddyboy » Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:05 am

Hi Peter :P

Top shots there :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by tailslides » Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:06 am

Thanks for all the kind comments, my first visit to Portugal, Monte Real is close to the Atlantic coast and Nazare, watching the waves rolling in was beautiful.

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by Rotörhead » Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:49 am

Stunning set, very sharp!
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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by golden561 » Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:51 am

Nice set there! :-)

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Re: Real Thaw 2018, Monte Real, Portugal

Post by Lamboali » Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:09 pm

f106dart wrote:Great job Peter

And there not crooked like Ali's :Oops:
At least mine are in focus Paul :P :P

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