RAF Wyton 14 October 1987 – UK Air Defence Exercise

[steved]

RAF Wyton was a great place to take photographs, 4 squadrons of very active Canberras, Nimrods and during the annual Air-Defence Exercises, the host to some interesting visitors.

Canberra T.17 WJ630 ED 360 Sqn RAF


Canberra T.17 WJ986 EP 360 Sqn RAF


Canberra T.17 WH664 EH 360 Sqn RAF


Canberra T.17A WH646 EG 360 Sqn RAF


Hansa Jet HFB-320 16+25 WGAF


Canberra PR.9 XH135 AG 1 PRU RAF


Falcon 20ECM 041 RNoAF


Canberra TT.18 WK124 CR 100 Sqn RAF


Dassault Mirage IV BQ FAF


Dassault Mirage IV BQ FAF


Nimrod MR.2 XZ284 84 RAF


Dassault Mirage IV FAF


Canberra T.17A WJ607 EB 360 Sqn RAF


Dassault Mirage IV FAF


Canberra T.17 WF890 EJ 360 Sqn RAF


Lockheed TR-1A 0-1079 95 RS 17 RW USAF


Canberra PR.9 XH131 AF 1 PRU RAF


Canberra PR.9 XH131 AF 1 PRU RAF


Canberra PR.9 XH131 AF 1 PRU RAF


Canberra T.17 WJ986 EP 360 Sqn RAF


Nimrod MR.2 XZ284 84 RAF


Canberra PR.7 WT509 CG 100 Sqn RAF


Cheers
Steve Doyle

[John W]

Nostalgia over-load !
Those were the days. Thanks for posting.

Regards,

John

[reheat module]

Oh yes!
Great variety, especially those 360 Fugly Beasts.

[jonf45]

Fantastic! I loved the T.17s, looked good in hemp

[Ratrace]

Excellent set, thanks for sharing.

[hedgerowops]

Those were the days, hard deciding which base to go to.
Chris

[MKR]

Great Post Steve . Nice to see Mirage IV's in flight .
Thanks for posting . Mike

[andrewn]

very nice

[Thunderbolt II]

Crikey, what a post! Thanks for that.

[paddyboy]

What an awesome post

I love the Nimrod, Dragon Lady and PR9 pics

But....... why do I have such a soft spot for the T17A

Cannie heaven

Thanks for sharing

Paddyboy

[3Greens]

Superb post Steve Indeed Wyton was a hive of activity with Canberras and the Nimrods. Had more than one conversation with 'Old Bill' along that taxi way
Great memories and thanks for posting

3Greens

[F3]

V. lucky to get to see those Mirage IVs which were rare birds indeed. I never did altho' I covered many exercises at different venues. Does appear that with Wyton housing the ECM assets it did get more exotic visitors. Binbrook was my Exercise venue of choice at that time.

[phantommadman]

Cracking shots there Steve,do the love the Canberrea,but its the Hansa Jet that really caught my eye Thank you very much for sharing

All the best,
Des

[Gary West]

Superb set

[Blue Diamond]

Wow! That's brought back some great memories. Thanks for posting.

[Knife 04]

Excellent post & great quality scans

Never really was enthralled by the Canberra although seeing those shows me how much I missed in the different configs and colour schemes - all these taken for granted at the time

Loved the massive Mirage IV - great aircraft and can remeber seeing at one of the RIATs for the 1st time - magnificent aircraft!

Great post Steve - keep them coming

Darren

[Ridge Runner]

It's amazing .... Somebody posts some great exercise images of Mirage 4s in attack config and apart from two people, everyone drones on about bl@@dy Canberras!

Martin

[slogen51]

Really super post

I used to go to Whyton but didn't take photos - what a prat!

I like the Canberra shots as they are nostalgic to me as I only saw a mirage IV fly very occasionally at French air shows ( JATO assisted!)

[PA200]

What a great set takes me back to my first tour out of training at Wyton...fantastic camp and brilliant time there.

And nice catch on XH131, looks like she has the System 3 IRLS fitted which was quite rare to see.

Regards

[The Phantom]

I used to go to Whyton but didn't take photos - what a prat!

In fairness, not many people had cameras years ago. Nowadays every enthusiast has a quality DSLR or similar, and every 10 year old has a mobile phone capable of
taking 8 mp images.

But with regards to the photos - excellent set