USMC F-18s arrival at Lakenheath

[albur99]

Filmed at the Heath Saturday 17th October 2015 using a Lumix GH4 camera. I had to shot straight through the fence - so used max aperture to de-focus it as much as possible. With a long focal length its amazing how you can make it disappear (100-300mm Lumix lens at max)

I have never got to see any USMC F-18s here before (live too far away) so was totally chuffed to catch these !

I thought they would have grey markings on grey paint ! My eyes nearly popped out when I saw the CO's jet ! - its like its 1976 all over again !

Absoultely huge thanks to the gentleman from Harlow Essex I met on the RW29 mound that morning - otherwise I would have never known these were coming in!
Owe you a pint, sir...!

Hope you like the video....
https://youtu.be/6I_XS1lGdaw
regards
Alan

[Ian in Leeds]

Great video and thanks for taking the time to post.

Cheers

Ian

[graham luxton]

Enjoyed that. Did well getting rid of the fence!

[johnwayne]

Very nice mate.

[Dave934]

Really nice video, thanks for posting.
Dave.

[eagle1]

Great work Alan....Many thanks for sharing. Glad they passed you nice & close

I always wonder what the pilots must think when they see a crowd of spotters waiting and
all the cameras pointing at them.I would loved to have been there to share the experience with you

Cheers

Martin

[Thunder]

Not jealous in the slightest............................................ ok maybe just a wee bit, excellent stuff

[sschofield]

I always wonder what the pilots must think when they see a crowd of spotters waiting and
all the cameras pointing at them.I would loved to have been there to share the experience with you

We were at the fence near where the jets were parked yesterday, when we were told that the departure had slipped by 24 hours - Shortly afterwards the Hornet pilots arrived in a bus to chat to us, including asking for email addresses of the photographers present so that they could send Hi-res shots of the jets to the pilots to display in their squadron Ops Room! Apparently the crew were out for a meal on Saturday night when one of them got a text from California telling them they were "famous" and that their jets were on the internet!

Nice to keep relations between the spotters and the military at such a level!