March 2024 POTM Competition

[reaper493]

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 during the month and year in question - March 2024, the date the photo was taken MUST be included in the post.
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 April 2024 (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.
12. Prizes are available for UK entrants only

Good luck everyone

[XWP29]

RAF Lakenheath Friday 8th of March 2024


USAF F-35A AF 20 -5598 493rd FS 48th Fighter Wing by XWP29, on Flickr

[IanG]

Irish Air Corps EC-135 at RAF Northolt Night Shoot XXX on Thurs 7 March


Irish Air Corps EC-135 | 270 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr

[B58Hustler]

F-35 flaring out at Lakenheath 13/03


F-35A by Jayson Cork, on Flickr

[A380_sully]

HOSS21 slides his F15E into position for the entry into Cad in LFA7 on 6/03/24

HOSS21 494FS F15E 91309 by Kelvin Sullivan, on Flickr

[Professor_M]

Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd. Hawker Tempest II (MV763/"PR533"/G-TEMT) undergoing an engine run at Duxford on 15th March...
Hawker Tempest II (MW763)3 by Professor M, on Flickr

[Webby74]

Jersey Jerk by Paul Webb, on Flickr
Sywell aerodrome. 16/03/2024

[Pete Da Bear]

Typhoon display practice. March 18 RAF Coningsby.
Typhoon Display Practice. " Turbo 1 " by Peter Jackson, on Flickr

[WinchesterMGF]

Finally caught a decent topside of Top Aces A-4 C-FGZT as it departed off of rwy06 at Lakenheath on 08.03.24.
Sadly the Top Aces have taken their Alphajets and this Skyhawk back to Germany, so no more chances to catch them in Suffolk anytime soon.
IMG_1638 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr

[reaper493]

Yellow Jacks Gnat breaking in to the circuit at Waddington, 8th March.

DSC_3408-Enhanced-NR by Mike Hiley, on Flickr

[theskunk]

11th March

English Electric P1A - WG763 Lightning Prototype - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection by Gary Beale, on Flickr

[GhostFlight91]

RC135W ZZ665 RAF Waddington - Tuesday 26th March.

Royal Air Force RC135W ZZ665 "Firebird 11" RAF Waddington. by Luke Webster, on Flickr

[IMarsh]

Jetstream at South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum 23 March 2024

DSC_7413 by Ian Marshall, on Flickr

[BwlchAwyren]

Apaches final farewell tour, comimg in for refuel at RAF Shawbury.
Great sight to see.

25/3/24

Apaches final farewell tour, coming in to land for refuelling. by Gerallt Price, on Flickr

[NickC]

HeliOps Sea King HU5 at Northolt Nightshoot XXX, 7 March 2024:


HeliOps Sea King HU5 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[DylMeredydd]

March 24 by Dylan Jones, on Flickr

22/03/24

Bolt flight putting the Low in Low level through the Loop.

[andygolfer]

one of mine from the Northolt nightshoot XXX held on 7th March, the German Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion 6003 & RAF A.400M ZM404 parked together on the apron.

60+03 Lockheed P-3C Orion & ZM404 A.400M Northolt 07-03-2024 3361 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Andy

[C24]

KTH_1429-24ed1 by Charlie, on Flickr

[RD]

Bangladesh Air Force C-130B, S3-AGD, Departing Glasgow Airport, 23/03/2024.

S3-AGD - Bangladesh Air Force C-130B by R D, on Flickr