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Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
- dannyboyo20
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Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Hi all,
Took a trip over to Carlisle and Spadeadam in hope of catching the current Dutch deployment in good weather conditions. Managed some shots at Carlisle in bright early morning sun, before heading over to Spade. A little bit of chasing and waiting eventually paid off when Grizzly flight (2x Chinooks) conducted some low level work on the Eastern side of the range, allowing some great views! Unfortunately the Apaches stayed away and around 1700 thick fog soon put a block on the evening sorties.
Many thanks to Dylan L for driving and all the lads for the company and great banter as always!
Cheers, Danny
Carlisle Airport
D-101 Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook by Danny Banks, on Flickr
D-664 Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Q-09 Royal Netherlands Air Force Apache by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Apaches by Danny Banks, on Flickr
S-456 Royal Netherlands Air Force Cougar by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Spadeadam:
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (1) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (10) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook 5 by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (12) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (7) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (5) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (16) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (19) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Took a trip over to Carlisle and Spadeadam in hope of catching the current Dutch deployment in good weather conditions. Managed some shots at Carlisle in bright early morning sun, before heading over to Spade. A little bit of chasing and waiting eventually paid off when Grizzly flight (2x Chinooks) conducted some low level work on the Eastern side of the range, allowing some great views! Unfortunately the Apaches stayed away and around 1700 thick fog soon put a block on the evening sorties.
Many thanks to Dylan L for driving and all the lads for the company and great banter as always!
Cheers, Danny
Carlisle Airport
D-101 Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook by Danny Banks, on Flickr
D-664 Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Q-09 Royal Netherlands Air Force Apache by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Apaches by Danny Banks, on Flickr
S-456 Royal Netherlands Air Force Cougar by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Spadeadam:
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (1) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (10) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook 5 by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (12) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (7) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (5) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (16) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
Royal Netherlands Air Force Chinook (Grizzly Flight) (19) by Danny Banks, on Flickr
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Top set of shots of the Chinooks low level. Need to get a couple of days up there next year!
Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Great stuff, glad someone got to make use of the beautiful light this week.
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Some of the best images from Spadeadam i have seen on the forum.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Nice - esp #6. Also I concur with the above opinion.
Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Nice to see some pics from that location, tried it on Monday with no luck. You made the right choice by moving location, they didn't really come near the 2nd car park.
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Many thanks all for the very humbling comments!
Danny Banks,Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Nice photos Danny, myself and Duane wasted Thursday at Spadeadam in the hope of something....thats spotting for you!
Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Great set of shots there
Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
nice set,especially #6
Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Looks like your trip was well worth it, Danny
Thanks for posting
Paddyboy
Thanks for posting
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Some crackers of the Chinooks mate. Just disappointed you never got me in the shot of him coming over the bank
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Excellent set much better than mine from Tuesday
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Re: Exercise TAC Blaze - Carlisle & RAF Spadeadam 27/02/19
Ha Duane that needs to be our new mission. Action shots containing ourselves
Many thanks again all. This years ex has been a tale of 2 halves. Spots of superb light and unusually warm, then the polar opposite with fog, torrential rain and snow!
Many thanks for the comments, more to come once I find time to upload
Many thanks again all. This years ex has been a tale of 2 halves. Spots of superb light and unusually warm, then the polar opposite with fog, torrential rain and snow!
Many thanks for the comments, more to come once I find time to upload
Danny Banks,Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Canon EOS 5D MkIV
Canon 100-400 F4-5.6 II IS L
Canon 70-200 F4 L IS
Canon 1.4x III
Patience & Optimism!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannyboyo20
http://groups.google.com/group/north-ea ... -movements
Canon EOS 5D MkIV
Canon 100-400 F4-5.6 II IS L
Canon 70-200 F4 L IS
Canon 1.4x III
Patience & Optimism!
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