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This week at Fairford

Post by Seamus » Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:21 am

Morning all,

Thought I'd share a few images from what's been a productive, if at times frustrating few days on the fence at Fairford.

Tuesday was a maintenance day, so only grabbed the odd ground shot, including this sunrise effort

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0110/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 12/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Wednesday started and ended grey, but there was a bit of brightness around lunchtime

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0136/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 13/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Thursday was another gloomy start, but fortunately the sun shone when required for DARK42 in the afternoon :sunglasses:

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

ImageRockwell B-1B Lancer | 86-0140/DY | US Air Force | RAF Fairford | 14/10/21 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

All in all, a pretty decent start to the deployment. Hoping for more chances to visit in the coming weeks

Thanks for looking, hope they were of interest,

Shaun
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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Mike Dodd » Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:39 am

Superb record of this week, worth a lot of hanging around waiting for the action!

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Pippie123 » Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:55 am

Fantastic shots

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Aviationrw » Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:00 am

Great shots, Shaun

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Thunder » Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:08 am

First one is a belter, just a shame they didn’t have mobile lighting on the forward fuselage.

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by nitro999 » Sat Oct 16, 2021 9:36 am

Stunning pictures, amazing! Thanks for sharing!

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Golfer » Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:16 am

Lovely shots Shaun, great set!

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by PeteHemsley » Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:47 am

First image shaun..... Wow. darn gorgeous.

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Richard E » Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:55 am

Excellent set: definitely capturing the aircraft's presence and the first shot is an absolute belter, one to be framed on the squadron briefing room wall.

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by saint1 » Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:53 am

Wow, those are all very nice. Especially No2 though.

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by 65thAgressor » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:36 pm

Fantastic set of shots shaun,I would be happy with any of them.

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Hunter49 » Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:18 pm

Corking shots ,Rob

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by matt e » Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:22 pm

Superb set from first to last but # 1 and 2 just edge it

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by paddyboy » Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:46 am

Stunning pics Shaun :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Blue fox » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:16 am

Wow,what a stunning set & Great record of the week. :thumbs:

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Lightweight42 » Sun Oct 17, 2021 7:31 am

Some terrific images there - my favourite is the Wednesday grey weather take off

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by Sled Driver » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:24 am

Brilliant shots! Stunning!👍🏽
Sadly saw no action on Friday. Hoping tomorrow will be better as taking another trip to try 🤞🏽
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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by bigcrow » Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:59 am

Nice mate, the side on is lovely in that light

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by KeBul » Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:01 pm

If that's the results from a few days of frustration Shaun, then goodness knows what you'd get if it all went well!!!

Superb set, thanks for sharing.

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Re: This week at Fairford

Post by macbear26 » Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:55 pm

Great shots love the first one.

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