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VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:17 pm
by owensy
After just 4 hours sleep we headed to RAF Valley for peek over the fence at the goings on. Sadly it was very quiet until 20 hawks all took off within a space of 5-10 mins! This was for the 70 formation that flew west to east along the 01-19 runway
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IMG_2359_5709.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr

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Tarnish 05 called up did a run and break on 13 then vertical to 15000. Problem being I was at the 31 end!
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IMG_2493_5843.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr
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IMG_2496_5846.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr

Qinetiq Alpha jet then departed as Gauntlet
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IMG_2515_5865.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr

2x Tucanos departed as Swift formation
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IMG_2525_5875.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr
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IMG_2564_5914.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr

Then 2x Tornado GR4's from 41 squadron called up as Apollo and one of them was the special tail!!
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IMG_2591_5940.jpg by paulowen248, on Flickr
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C&C are most welcome!!

Thanks,

Paul

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:21 pm
by Macc
The last is very nice!

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:45 pm
by Typhoon73
Nice shots of the GR4's :clap: Fabulous! Hope you had a great day :thumb:
T73

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:01 pm
by scanman
Good pics, love the last one of the GR4.

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:11 pm
by steve149c
Great shots,

Just to add that there were three Belgian F16s on the ground and that Wartons ZK119 and ZG679 (PC9's) did a very spirited Fly through and climb,

A great day,

Steve

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:40 pm
by Mark
Just got back myself, great shots, but i thought the participents were meagre compared to previous events..

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:02 pm
by LightningGoose
I like the last one! What is VAS?

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:10 pm
by typhoon85
valley aviation society

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:40 pm
by Ben Montgomery
So many Hawks! That is cool! :thumb:

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:50 pm
by tom177
Like the formation shots! Nice to see Warton's finest out and about too :thumb:

Re: VAS enthusiasts day 3/8/11

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:01 am
by Phill318
Hawk 70 shots are great. Like that they used both display jets and 3 T2s. I really need to join VAS so I can go again