I hope no one is bored of these Phantoms yet but the Turkish Air Force really did treat us to a special show on the Saturday! Friday was a 21 hour day from leaving home and that night consisted of a 3.5 hour drive in terrible road conditions down to Eskisehir. a few hours of sleep and back on the road for another couple of hours driving, thankfully easier on the Saturday morning. What had been a pretty exhausting 36 hours left me wondering what on earth I was doing. Given this event was put on with little notice I was surprise just how many spotters had put the effort in to stand on the side of a cold Turkish hillside. A few hours passed and a distant Phantom brought with it the only sunshine of the trip. 24 passes later a spontaneous round of applause for our hosts, huge smiles and 1400 photos on the memory card and I realised why I went to all the effort!
Great set, in particular the second to last shot which really captures the energy of the flypasts for me. And you weren't the only one on that hill questioning their sanity but it was worth it!
That second to last shot is fantastic gives such a perspective of the speed and the aggressive graphics on the nose make it even better. Thanks for the effort to get these amazing photos.