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A couple weeks ago I managed to get a ticket to the Threshold.aero held photoshoot at RAF Cosford, their 5th event and my first one. Managed to get a couple of hours at the museum, and despite a couple of aircraft not being available, they managed to pull out 5 different schemed Jaguars, 2 Harriers, a Hawk, an F.3 and a GR.1 Brilliant event, the rain held off an thoroughly pleased with my shots! Props to the RAF Cosford Media Team being super helpful to cater to any requests, and doing the light trails you will see at the bottom. Might be marmite for some, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity




1. Royal Navy | Sea Harrier FA.2 ZH796 formerly of 801NAS | RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr




2. Royal Air Force | SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 ZB615, the last one to be built for the Air Force | 'Raspberry Ripple' scheme by James Cutting, on Flickr




3. Royal Air Force | SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 ZB615, the last one to be built for the Air Force | 'Raspberry Ripple' scheme by James Cutting, on Flickr




4. A taxiway of RAF history | 3 SEPECAT Jaguars, a Sea Harrier and a Harrier GR.3 | RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr




5. RAF | 27 Squadron marked Tornado GR.1 ZA320 | Preserved GR1 in 2 Squadron markings by James Cutting, on Flickr




6. RAF | SEPECAT Jaguar GR3A ZZ725 | Operation Granby retirement scheme by James Cutting, on Flickr




7. Stood in history | Tornado F3 ZE340 & Tornado GR.1 ZA320 | by James Cutting, on Flickr




8. RAF | Tornado F3 ZE340 43 Squadron | RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr




9. RAF | 17 Squadron marked Tornado GR.1 ZA320 | The mighty Tonka by James Cutting, on Flickr




10. RAF | 17 Squadron marked Tornado GR.1 ZA320 | Camo Tonka as the sun set by James Cutting, on Flickr




11. RAF | Tornado F3 ZE340 43 Squadron | Sitting under the dark blue sky by James Cutting, on Flickr




12. RAF | Tornado F3 ZE340 43 Squadron | Sitting under the dark blue sky by James Cutting, on Flickr




13. RAF | Tornado F3 ZE340 & Tornado GR.1 ZA320 | Sat out at RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr




14. RAF | SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XX976 17 SQN | Former RAF Jag out at RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr




15. RAF | SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XX976 17 SQN | Former RAF Bruggen Jaguar by James Cutting, on Flickr




16. Royal Air Force | SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 ZB615 | 'Raspberry Ripple' scheme by James Cutting, on Flickr




17. Royal Air Force | SEPECAT Jaguar T4 XX835 of 226 OCU | Preserved at RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr




18. Royal Navy | Sea Harrier FA.2 ZH796 formerly of 801NAS | RAF Cosford, a creative take with light trail by James Cutting, on Flickr




19. Royal Navy | Sea Harrier FA.2 ZH796 801NAS | RAF Cosford, a creative take with light trail by James Cutting, on Flickr




20. Royal Navy | Sea Harrier FA.2 ZH796 801NAS | RAF Cosford, a creative take with light trail by James Cutting, on Flickr




21. RAF | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 XZ991 | Sat out at RAF Cosford by James Cutting, on Flickr

Great set James. They just get better as the sky darkens. But then I love a night photo.

Thanks Nighthawke. Was great to get it as it turned from light to dark...Just need another half hour to get the rest in full dark!

Good set James.

Great stuff

Cheers both

Excellent crisp, sharp and detailed images. Great to see my old Sqn GR1 in the finery of its 'Blackhand' markings.

V.nice set. Particularly liking the F3 pics and that dusk shot of the Harrier GR3 which is most atmospheric. Could have been taken on the ramp @ Wittering at the end of a hard days flying!

reheat module wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:14 am

Excellent crisp, sharp and detailed images. Great to see my old Sqn GR1 in the finery of its 'Blackhand' markings.

Thank you, it looked lovely!

F3 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:21 am

V.nice set. Particularly liking the F3 pics and that dusk shot of the Harrier GR3 which is most atmospheric. Could have been taken on the ramp @ Wittering at the end of a hard days flying!

Thanks for the comment, really appreciate that

Cracking set there, James

That ETPS-schemed Jag looks particularly tasty

Well done, matey

Paddy

Thanks Pads, certainly was a good looker and well looked after!

Excellent

The bottle nose harrier is a real eye catcher

Great relics of the cold war era when men were men

Really nice set James - worked out really well

slogen51 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:54 am

Excellent

The bottle nose harrier is a real eye catcher

Great relics of the cold war era when men were men

Thank you, they are good looking jets. I time I wished I could have seen the jets in action but are now consigned to museums (at least a large majority are well kept)

Knife 04 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:59 am

Really nice set James - worked out really well

Thanks mate, much appreciated!