The Mick Freer Archives (Updated More photos added 07/12/17

[bigcrow]

It would have been my Dad’s 71st birthday tomorrow, so it seems appropriate to show you some of his vast slide collection. He started taking his first slides in the summer of 1971. He also attended every single IAT/RIAT apart from last year when he was too ill to attend. Here is a selection of shots showing the large variety of types & Air Forces which could be seen in the U.K in the seventies… I will be regularly updating this post when I get the chance to fire up the scanner.

First up a shot of a very youthful looking Mr Freer Snr at Portland, prior to an air to air with 829 Sqdn Wasps

#1

XT423 Wasp HAS.1 829 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Portland by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#2

54-1640 C-130A 105th TAS, Tennessee ANG, Nashville Airport. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#3

56-0617 B-52D 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, California by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#4

147562 SP-2H French Navy, 25 Flotille, Lann Bihoue AB. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#5

156/12-YK Super Mystere B2 FAF, Escadron de Chase 01.012, Cambrai AB by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#6

XX947 Tornadp GR1 BAE\A&AEE MOD(PE) Boscombe Down. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#7

XP737 Lightning F3 226 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Coltishall. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#8

158802/AB-612 EA-6B VAQ-133 'Wizzards', NAS Whidbey Island by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#9

XW626 Comet C4 Royal Aircraft Establishment, MOD(PE) Bedford. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#10

XZ286 Nimrod AEW3 BAE/A&AEE, MOD(PE) Boscombe Down. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#11

155880/NH-107 F-4J VF-213 "Black Lions" NAS Miramar, Ca by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#12

156640/603 RA-5C Vigilante RVAH-1 "Cool Tigers", NAS Key West, Fl. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#13

155684/AJ-502 A-6E VA-35 "Black Panthers', NAS Oceana, VA by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#14

64-14847 RC-135U 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, Nebraska by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#15

144852 / 18 EA-3B VQ-2 'Batmen', NAS Rota, Spain. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#16

159449/AE-212 F-14A VF-142 'The Ghostriders' NAS Oceana, USS America. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#17

TG503 Hastings T5, Strike Command Bombing School (1066 Squadron), RAF Lindholme by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

[Vulcanone]

Some corkers there Stuart

Cheers for posting

Tim S

[NAM Updater]

It's the Hastings for me - but it's the wrong one!!

Excellent photos.

[Victor5]

Wonderful set of images
Looking forward to your updates

[JONLITE06]

Fantastic Tribute Got to love that Lightning!!!

[Ratrace]

Stunning, thanks for taking the time to share them, looking forward to the updates.

[Proteus]

They are all magnificent but the A model 130 gets my vote.........Regards N.

[Jason Grant]

A Friday treat, fabulous pictures Stu. Your Dads images are still wowing us all these years later, a testament to his skill with a camera.

That Lightning is different class

[venom]

those are cracking love the mystere

[peasus911]

Excellent shots, more please.
The lightning does it for me.

[FAlcons]

Absolutely brilliant.
It's hard to choose a favourite. I think I had a Matchbox kit of that F-14 35 years ago...

[DeanW]

Incredible, look at that Lightning! Looking forward to more.

[Mike]

A fine set of images by a wonderful aviation photographer, Mick's untimely passing was a great loss to our community.

Stu, thank you so much for sharing your late father's shots, please post some more.

[d555]

Lovely post. There are some rare birds there.
I look forward to seeing more updates.

Mike

[paddyboy]

Stunning images there

Almost impossible to single any out amongst all those pure gems of aviation history

Do love that Hastings shot though: reminds me of the wonderful shows at Coltishall in the 60's, as does the 226 OCU F3

Best regards, thanks for sharing, and looking forward to the next slice of your fathers wonderful work

Paddyboy

[ciaranchef]

One of the most wonderful posts for a long time, stunning collection, agree with Paddy, the Hastings is a beauty as are the colourful USN birds, Ciaran

[MarkS]

Superb Stuart.
Some fantastic scans of Mick's wonderful photographs. Can't pick a favourite , love them all. Only ever saw one roman nose C-130 -Greenham '83.
Nice to see a pic of XT423 . That wasp was ships flight on HMS Hecla when my dad was assigned to it.
Cheers,
Mark

[Frank the Dog]

Quite stunning, a marvelous selection and variety. The images I've posted on this forum in the last 6 months or so are just photos taken at airshows/airfields in the 80s and 90s. Your fathers images are in a different league. Bearing in mind these are pre digital, the quality, composition and lighting are fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing

[paullangford]

Thanks to your Father for taking them, Thanks to you for posting them, a very good collection so thank you for sharing them.

Paul

[3Greens]

Excellent memories Stuart. I had the pleasure on many of the Greenham & FFD events of finding myself in the vicinity of your Dad on the approach and enjoying some cracking banter .. as well as similar views. Thanks very much for posting. MF lives on