Various late 80's/early 90's airshows

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:57 am

Dug out some old 6"x4" photos last night from various airshows I attended in the late 80's and early 90's - Lakenheath Open Day, North Weald Fighter Meet, Mildenhall Air Fetes, and two Farnborough shows.

First up, Lakenheath 1988

B-1B

Corsair

SR-71

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:58 am

Next up, North Weald, 1989

Grumman F7F Tigercat

P-51D

P-63 Kingcobra

Vulcan

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:59 am

Now, Farnborough - the second year the Russians came over

AH-1 Supercobra

An-225 Mriya

Fairchild Metro III AEW demonstrator

MiG-29 and MiG-29UB

OH-58 Kiowa

Su-27 and Su-27UB

Westland Blackhawk

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:01 am

Mildenhall, 1991 - the first show, post Gulf War, hence all the desert camo schemes, interesting nose art etc

A-10A

B-1B

B-52G

I opened this cockpit window on the Buff! Benefit of being an air cadet working on the day, we got to blag our way in to all sorts of stuff!

Buccaneer S2B

Chinook HC1

F-11F

F-4G

Jaguar GR1A

KC-10A

Another benefit of "working" - flight line access in front of the rope!

Tornado GR1

TR-1A

Victor K2

Vulcan

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:04 am

Another Mildenhall Air Fete, 1992 this time

F-111F

F-117A

F-14A

F-15E

F/A-18A

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:04 am

Back to Lakenheath, 1992

A-10A

F-15E

F-4G

P-38

Spitfire PRXIX, painted to resemble the prototype MkXIV

Post by **robstopper** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:07 am

Saving the best for last, the Farnborough 1992 show, when the Russians really got involved big time.

I'll always remember the Dutch F-16 being thrown around by the General Dynamics chief test pilot - damn, he could make that thing dance!! And I never got a shot of it, but the Tu-22M produced the most fantastic BLUE reheat flames on take-off!

AH-64

An-124

An-72

F/A-18

Kamov Ka-50 Hokum

MiG-29 and MiG-31

Mil Mi-17

P-3C Orion

Rafale

Su-24M

Su-25TK

Su-27

Su-28

Tu-204 and Tu-22

Yak-141

Yak-38

That's your lot! Thanks for looking

Post by **paddyboy** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:12 am

Some fab memories there

Thanks for taking all that time and effort to post

Paddyboy

Post by **The Phantom** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:50 am

That was a great step back in time

Great collection of images

Post by **Del** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:13 am

Some great pictures and planes, thanks for posting

Post by **robstopper** » Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:14 am

Cheers guys. Tried to pick out the most unusual or memorable shots. Makes me wish i could go back to the teenage me with the DSLR camera i've got now!

Post by F3 » Sat Jun 23, 2018 5:40 pm

robstopper wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:14 am
Cheers guys. Tried to pick out the most unusual or memorable shots. Makes me wish i could go back to the teenage me with the DSLR camera i've got now!

Always remember my dear old dad saying that he wished he'd had a camera during wartime. I attended the 1st. Lakenheath and those Air Fetes with him so thanks for the memories

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