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Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:52 am
by ChrisCwmbran
One photo to share. Not very exciting but it is a photographic record!

ImageA U2 landing at RAF Fairford by Chris Long, on Flickr

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2016

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:58 am
by Glide Slope
Nice capture. Take it that date should be June 2018.

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2016

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:00 pm
by ChrisCwmbran
Glide Slope wrote:
Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:58 am
Nice capture. Take it that date should be June 2018.
Yup! Corrected thanks!

And just for Slogen51, it appears to be 80-0083!

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:46 pm
by Herkchaser
Lovely machine, good pic.

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:51 pm
by Knife 04
Nice one Chris - maybe a 'record' shot but a great subject all the same

All the best

Darren

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:36 pm
by ChrisCwmbran
Thanks for the comments!

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 7:27 pm
by FraserP
Great shot! Brings back fond memories of Mildenhall U2s and Alconbury TR1s..

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:26 pm
by Nighthawke
...and TR-1s at Sculthorpe for a while in the late 1980s

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:00 am
by paddyboy
Top catch, Chris :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

Paddyboy :clap:

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:19 pm
by Geoff
Great shot,thanks for sharing

Re: Fairford 22nd June 2018

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:07 am
by ChrisCwmbran
Just out of interest why do U-2's seem to have white hand written "graffiti" on the bottom so often?