Hello everybody,
time for the first part of an impression of Fairford 1998. For me it was a great show. However, the development lab destroyed two films, so I ended up with only a part of the pictures I took that day...
Here's an impression of the static (with almost all pics from fighters and choppers gone on the other films...)
Nice Offut RC-135:
190-RC135-USAF-6414848-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Weather Herky:
195-WC130-USAF-650980-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Another Offut Air Base bird, this time an EC-135:
191-EC135-USAF-638048-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
It's almost embarassing to admit, but this is the only decent picture of a MLD Orion in my collection... :
193-P3-MLD-311-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Still active, the Nimrod:
194-Nimrod-RAF-XV241-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
EC-130 from Davis Monthan in Arizona:
196-EC130-USAF-731580-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Israeli Herky Bird:
197-C130-IAF-102-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Typical British product, RAF Open Skies Andover:
198-Andover-RAF-XS596-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Another Open Skies bird was this An-30 from the Czech AF:
199-AN30-CZAF-1107-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Nice little Let 410 from the Czechs:
200-L410-CZAF-1525-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Very nice Twin Otter:
201-DHC6-BAS-VPFBL-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
CN-235MPA from the Irish Air Corps:
202-CN235-IAC-252-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Skiing is a national sport in Sweden, hence the ski-transport-box on this Saab 340, a.k.a. TP-100 in Sweden:
203-S100-SWAF-10003-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Spanish photo-recon RF-4:
206-RF4C-SPAF-CR1258-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Great looking plane, this Greek A-7:
213-A7-HAF-159913-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Definitely the highlight of the show, Tu-22 from the Ukrainian Air Force:
215-TU22-UAF-57-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Great camo on this Polish An-26:
216-AN26-PLAF-1603-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
National flag colors on this Slovakian An-24:
217-AN24-SLAF-2903-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Royal Navy Zebra Sea King, with extra SFOR markings:
219-SeaKing-RNY-ZD480-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Chubby looking Italian G222 with fading cheatline:
221-G222-ITAF-MM62141-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
My one and only picture of an A129 Mangusta:
222-A129-ITAF-MM81392-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Still operational, good old flying cigar, the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter:
223-C141-USAF-659414-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Danish Blue Lynx:
224-SH14-RDNY-S249-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
And American red on this Coast Guard Dolphin:
225-HH65-USCG-6580-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Last, but not least, this nice Let 410 from the Luftwaffe:
220-L410-GAF-5309-FFD25jul98 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr
Cheers!