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Waiting, listening and running around the SPTA and a call in at FFD to boot

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Waiting, listening and running around the SPTA and a call in at FFD to boot

Post by A380_sully » Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:46 am

What follows are some of the images captured during two afternoons spent in and around the SPTA. A lot of sitting around eating, listening to scanners and trying to intercept movements on ADSB resulted in much fun, about 6km total of running and great memories.

Monday afternoon was glorious, too good in fact with heat haze off the grass causing some issues for sharpness. We found a broken AH64 on the plain, a couple of chinooks and a Wildcat in and around the various locations. We popped over to Fairford to catch an arriving B52 in the evening sunset, but left before dark when it became obvious the others were returning much later in the evening. Tuesday started misty, then deteriorated into low cloud and rain (as can be seen on AH64D image) for most of the day. Still we bagged another chinook, puma, wildcat, apache and ETPS squirrel for our endeavours, before calling in a FFD for the Wednesday morning departures in subdued and grey light, so I've spared you those images as there are so many good images in pinging light on the other threads.

Hope you like the shots and C&C welcomed as always.....

1). Recon 22
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2). Recon 22
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3). Recon 22
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4). Vortex 399
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5). Vortex 399
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6). Vortex 255
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7). Vortex 255
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8. Charger 22
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9). Charger 22
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10). Kukri 1
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11). Kukri 2
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12). Recon 21
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13). Recon 21
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14). Vortex 258
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15). Tester 06
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16). Tester 06
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17). Panther 81
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18. Panther 81
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Re: Waiting, listening and running around the SPTA and a call in at FFD to boot

Post by Mawgan4 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:52 am

SPTA images are great, I'd love to know more about where you took them from... But the B-52 images: wow!!! Those are something special! :thumb:

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Re: Waiting, listening and running around the SPTA and a call in at FFD to boot

Post by Amp » Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:57 am

That B-52/sun shot is something special....
Looks like it was a good day with the helis too.

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Post by Knife 04 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:14 am

Sunset B-52 shots are stunning - thanks for sharing!

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Post by LTFT5 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:37 am

Brilliant selection and I love that last shot.
Very special
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Post by Luap117 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 11:53 am

Great pictures, love the b52s in sunset

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Re: Waiting, listening and running around the SPTA and a call in at FFD to boot

Post by Freeman Lowell » Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:00 pm

Kelvin, I have to agree about photo 9. That has to be a cert for photo of the month.
Any story on the Apache on a hook?
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Post by Ross Forsyth » Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:21 pm

Lovely images and #9 is a stand out

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Post by f106dart » Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:07 pm

Likes 9 looks a little nuclear. Which is fitting for the BUFF

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Post by dragonchaser » Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:53 pm

Wow! Those B52 shots are awesome, great job :Wow:

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Post by daggerfan » Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:07 pm

A lovely set of pictures. Number 9 is an absolute beauty. Thanks for posting.

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Post by A380_sully » Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:19 pm

Thanks for the comments. I've just edited to put in the call signs for reference information.

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Post by Marauder » Thu Oct 01, 2020 3:35 pm

brilliant clear shots, 8 & 9 best for me......

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Post by TommyC » Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:55 pm

Fantastic pictures. Thank you for sharing.

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Post by paddyboy » Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:09 am

Some great chopper shots there, Kelvin :thumbs:

Those B52 pics are just :Wow:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Waiting, listening and running around the SPTA and a call in at FFD to boot

Post by A380_sully » Tue Oct 06, 2020 3:51 pm

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

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