Radom 2023

[Jason Grant]

Hello, I recently visited Radom air show in Poland and have finally finished editing my pictures. I am sure many of you have read about the issues this year from the huge surge of people trying to get in, to the lack of fluids on base during a very hot, muggy show. I believe the positives from an airshow photography point of view outweighed the negatives and I returned home in the hope of returning in two years time. Here is a selection of some of my photographs, mainly photographed from the "naughty" field due to the location of the sun which makes photography inside the show very challenging.

Inside, static aircraft were almost impossible to photograph due to the close proximity of barriers and people. I did find one or two aircraft that were not impeded but I haven't edited them yet. Due to the high cloud later in the day, some flying shots from inside were possible, especially as the sun is down the runway from mid afternoon onwards.

Did I mention the flares that were used by many of the flying participants?
HN-415 F-18C Finnish AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

J-3083 F-5E Patrouille Suisse by Jason Grant, on Flickr

4052 F-16C 31.BLT by Jason Grant, on Flickr

Fireworks as well.
1214 TS-11 SP-YBC by Jason Grant, on Flickr

And the star of the night show for me was the two bomb runs by the Su-22 in the darkness, dropping photo flash flares. Forgive the quality but ISO 12,800 and get what you can was the order of this pass.
8205 SU-22 Photo Flash Flares by Jason Grant, on Flickr

The Finnish display hornet (handheld ISO 8,000) was just begging to be photographed as we walked out (we were parked two miles away and I was recovering from a broken foot). We watched the C-130 dump its flares, very spectacular to watch but no pictures.
HN-411 F-18C Finnish AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

Day 2 was in the naught field. To be honest, it is the best place to stand and the photographs speak for themselves. I will share a small selection from the flypast parade.
0612 0610 0909 0910 W-3WA by Jason Grant, on Flickr

649 653 Mi-8T by Jason Grant, on Flickr

0815 W-3WARM 1011 Mi-14PL 603 Mi-17 1302 S-70i by Jason Grant, on Flickr

0212 0223 0225 0207 M-28B by Jason Grant, on Flickr

0001 G.550 7710 7714 M.346 by Jason Grant, on Flickr

509 3304 8309 Su-22 by Jason Grant, on Flickr

114 83 89 Mig-29M by Jason Grant, on Flickr

4087 F-16D 4069 4071 4063 F-16C by Jason Grant, on Flickr

111 Mig-29M 5001 FA-50GF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

Then on with the flying display. Again, a small selection.
509 8309 Su-22 by Jason Grant, on Flickr

111 Mig-29M by Jason Grant, on Flickr

526 F-16C HAF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

E-191 F-16AM RDAF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

I loved this display, a thunderous flare fest.
HN-415 F-18C Finnish AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

HN-415 F-18C Finnish AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

HN-415 F-18C Finnish AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

ZJ920 Typhoon FGR4 by Jason Grant, on Flickr

Not long left in service with the Swiss for these F-5s, they were amazing and the formation break and flare dump at the end of their display was something else. One of those moments you had to be there (a bit like the very wet Radom 2018 with the Swiss F-5 going supersonic over our heads)
Patrouille Suisse F-5E by Jason Grant, on Flickr

J-3083 F-5E Patrouille Suisse by Jason Grant, on Flickr

Over the top
FA-87 F-16AM Belgian AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

and pulling out of the loop
FA-87 F-16AM Belgian AF by Jason Grant, on Flickr

4052 F-16C 31.BLT by Jason Grant, on Flickr

That's all folks!. These and many more from the show can be found on my Flickr site. Thanks for looking.

[Supra]

Good to see another view of this event. You have shown us some great captures here. Flaretastic!

[warthog56]

Fabulous! Another country that I am unlikely to visit so thanks for a very fine set of images. Just shows that to get the best flying demo's you need to visit a country where airshows are not so "health and safety" regulated.

[65thAgressor]

Excellent set of shots,can't pick a favourite they are all too notch.

[Paultojo]

Great set Jason and really nice seeing Paul and yourself