July 2021 POTM Competition - with a twist

[reaper493]

This month is going to be purely for Airshows, as July is typically the busy Airshow month we are all used to, and we've all got bags of images we can enter.

Competition Rules

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry.
2. The photograph must have been taken at a UK airshow in the past 20 years, including arrivals and departures. Please state the Airshow and date on the image.
3. The photo can be of any subject you like, as long as there is some military aviation connection.
4. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not (cutting and pasting the moon into the shot, for example). HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.
5. The competition will remain open until 23.59 on the 6th August 2021 (UK time), to enable anyone with last minute entries some breathing space
6. The voting will be carried out by you, the members of FC, by a poll which will be created at the closing of the competition.
7. Moderators/Administrators will not be exempt from the competition, but cannot vote for their own entry.
8. The decision of the moderating team is final.
9. All images must be posted in line with the usual FC posting rules
10. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.
11. Please do not comment on entries other than your own.

Prizes –
First Prize
Your choice of two prints from Squadron Prints website - Squadron Prints

Second Prize
Your choice of one print from Squadron Prints website - Squadron Prints

Third
No actual prize but the kudos of coming third!

Many thanks to our sponsors, http://www.squadronprints.com, for their continued support.

Please Pm Gill (user name Squadron Prints) to claim your prizes
Please provide her with your address, which competition you have won/came 2nd in and the print number(s) you require.

Thank you Gill and Team, it is very much appreciated.

Good luck everyone!

[starbug]

I'll probably change my mind several times between now and the end of the month but here's my entry from RIAT 16th July 2017.

USAF F-22A Raptor 09-180 RIAT 1 by Martin Brown, on Flickr

Godd luck everyone.

Martin

[F3]

Avro Icons - Waddington International Airshow 5 July 2008 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Avro Icons - The Vulcan's return to the skies in formation with its illustrious Lancaster predecessor Waddington Airshow 5-7-08

Incidentally while it is true that today July is very much the month for airshows in the early '90s it was June in this neck of the woods when it was possible to attend one every w/end. Air Fete was followed in short order by Church Fenton and Coningsby (an absolute must) and then Duxford's Midsummer show which was sadly dropped from the schedule to accommodate Flying Legends. I always made a point of keeping one w/end free to spend with the family.

[Pune]

Frecce Tricolori 21 July 2013 Riat
Frecce Riat 13. by Paul Tursner-Upcott, on Flickr

[Knife 04]

'Thunderstruck' - AH-64 Longbow Apache - 664 Squadron, AAC, Wattisham - RIAT 21st July 2019, RAF Fairford

'Thunderstruck' - AH-64 Longbow Apache - 664 Squadron, AAC, Wattisham by Darren Currie, on Flickr

[reaper493]

Reds - Tornado, RIAT 2018.

1 by Mike Hiley, on Flickr

[LN Strike Eagle]

Royal International Air Tattoo - Saturday 15th July 2006

[sully]

Italian Tornado from RIAT 2011

DSC_0366

[Disaster Area]

An oldie from me! A Belgian Air Force (I think!) F16 taken at RIAT Fairford on the 18th July 2011

F16 by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

[Agent K]

Spitfire MkI by Andrew Kitney, on Flickr

Classic MkI Spitfire's taking off from IWM Duxford during the Spring Air Festival, May 27, 2017

[Mike]

The Patrouille de France at RIAT 2010, taken on 17/07/10.

[Seamus]

French Navy Rafale Marine Demo at RIAT, 14/07/18

Dassault Rafale M 5 Aeronavale RAF Fairford 14/07/18 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

[F6MAN]

Vulcan snapper.

RAF Waddington 3rd July 2011

IMG_5823 by F6MAN, on Flickr

Regards

PeteW

[Part Timer]

_IGP0545 by A M, on Flickr

RIAT 15/07/06

[andygolfer]

one from me from a very recent airshow, last Saturday's (17th July 2021) evening airshow at Old Warden, 2 oldies in formation - a bit like me and my friend who sat side by side in our 5m x 5m square!
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc AR501 (G-AWII) & Westland Lysander IIIA V9367 (G-AZWT)

G-AWII (AR501) Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc & G-AZWT (V9367) Westland Lysander IIIA Old Warden 17-07-2021 7898 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Andy

[prefontaine72]

Swiss Hornet arriving for the TSIA at Prestwick August 29th 2018
SWISS AF F-18 J-5010 by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Dougie

[Tally-ho]

Duxford at its best:-
Sunny skies, Avgas and Airshows, making for that heady mix of smell and sound from V-12 Packard-Merlin Mustangs. Duxford 23 May 2015. Those were the days ...

Duxford at its best! by Marius Bekker, on Flickr

[NickC]

German Eurofighter departing RIAT on 11 July 2016:


Eurofighter EF2000, German Air Force by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[JONLITE06]

Air Tattoo 2017.
faf151(1) by Jon Cross, on Flickr

[Sprague]

Romanian AF MiG-21 at RIAT 20 July 2019.
6824 by Dan Sprague, on Flickr