A Busy Leuchars 16/5/13

[stonefaction]

My first post on here. While taking these I was asked if I'd be uploading them on here - ( I sometimes post on another site but I notice that Leuchars posts seem to be more popular over here ) - so here for the 3 gents that asked about them is a wee selection from a rather busy couple of hours at my local base).
All taken with my new Nikon D7100 and Sigma 50-500mm OS set-up which seems to be delivering rather nice results....


1. Hawk with 2 Typhoons.


2. 1 Sqn Typhoon.


3. 100 Sqn Hawk.


4. Another photo pass.


5. Typhoon turning finals.


6. Up and over.


7. Against the light.


8. Twin-stick Typhoon.


9. Hawk special.


10. Lynx departure (should've used a slower shutter speed).


11. Formation flyover.


12. Hawk finals.


13. Typhoon to land.


14. Photoshoot formation.


15. Hawk to land.

All comments welcome.

Baz

[stonefaction]

I sometimes post on another site but I notice that Leuchars posts seem to be more popular over here

Looks like I was wrong. Thanks to the handful that looked. Won't waste my time posting here in future.

[Steven]

Sorry I've only just seen these. It would be great to see more regular photo posts on here as it seems to be quite a rare occurrence. You've included the first shots (that I've seen) of a fully marked up ZK336/FD and ZK338/FF. Top effort - thanks for posting.

Steven.

[lmgaylard]

Nice photos mate and some nice angles as well.

Nice photo of one of my 'local' Lynx from 815NAS at Yeovilton.

Thanks' for posting.....

[captain scarlet]

Always nice to see posts from the other typhoon base.

[Unknown74]

The Lynx was on board HMS Edinburgh, it was parked on the Edinburgh's Helideck on Saturday when the Edinburgh was parked in Leith.

[np1991]

Nice selection. It's always good to see what happens at other bases.
First pic I've seen of a 1(F) Sqn Typhoon with the Pilot wearing the lumpy Bone dome.

[stonefaction]

Thanks, guys. Not particularly fussed about receiving comments or not, Chris, (although it is always nice to see that someone took the time to comment), but at the time I commented earlier - 200 or so page views didn't really justify the time/effort taken to put the post together in the first place. I don't take too many aircraft photos these days so but I do prefer to show those I do to an aviation-minded audience rather than just my mostly uninterested flickr friends, hence posting on here (and the other place). Will post again when I have something to share.

[Binnman]

Thanks, guys. Not particularly fussed about receiving comments or not, Chris, (although it is always nice to see that someone took the time to comment), but at the time I commented earlier - 200 or so page views didn't really justify the time/effort taken to put the post together in the first place. I don't take too many aircraft photos these days so but I do prefer to show those I do to an aviation-minded audience rather than just my mostly uninterested flickr friends, hence posting on here (and the other place). Will post again when I have something to share.

Please do - health issues mean I can no longer visit Leuchars and efforts by folks like you are really appreciated - even though we don't always say so.

[balamorybuzzed]

Keep on posting the pics, the more we get from Leuchars the better! I'm not into photography but I love to see my local action in here!

Many thanks,

Mikey