Hunting for Dinosaurs: Starfighters, Jaguars, Drakens

[Erik_7Xi]

Helaas ook niet meer onder ons als operationeel type. (Iraanse Tomcats tel ik dan even niet omdat geen normale sterveling die nog zal zien vliegen).

Ho ho, not from a carrier, but it ain't that difficult. They are still operational at Isfahan (45 minutes flying from Teheran, 15 euro one way) and from the civil terminal you look straight into the QRA shelters. In February we saw 5 on the first day and 4 on the second. They still do fly!

Erwin

P.S. and they do look much better!

I see that reading Dutch is an art: I said - I'm not counting Irani Tomcats as no regular person will have a chance to see them fly.

So you say 9 of them.. and how many did you photograph?



Another Golden oldie.

[Richard from Rotterdam]

A couple of Phantoms.



A lineup of USAF F-4Es at Holloman AFB in 1993.



Sunrise over RAF Bentwaters in 1991. This 74sq Phantom was the RAF display aircraft at the Open House there.

[Stefan]

Hi,

Saw this one here earlier (but my pic is a lot worse ) (Greenham Common 1983)



First Piggie in this topic (Bremgarten 1984)



Greetings,
Stefan

[Reds]

[Pony02]

F-104S-ASA, 23 Gruppo/5 Stormo, Cervia 1997:



Ciao, Edwin Schimmel

[Piet Luijken]

My first real foreign jet as a beginning spotter.

It was 1982. It was the family day at De Kooy and rumours were widespread about the possible arrival of the Harrier on our small helicopter field. While being completely ready with my Practica camera with my just acquired converter, giving my 50mm lens a needed boost, the jet was arriving.
Based on previous encounters with the regular Dutch Jets ( you know, stafs and NF-5s ), I had settled myself at the best position.

With the slow arrival of this Harrier I noted that indeed it was the best position for a full frame composition. But I was also exactly in the blast of the exhaust! Deafening it was.

But...well worth it!

gr

[Erik_7Xi]

Een Florida ANG F-16A ADF tijdens de laatste deployment op Tyndall AFB in 1995, voordat de unit overschakelde naar de F-15A/B.





Duitse F-4Fjes in USAF kleuren op Holloman AFB, eind 2004 - enige weken voordat deze Phantoms naar AMARC zouden vertrekken.

[Key]

Oops, English plz. And for (all) the rest:

Erik

[Pony02]

TF-104GM, 20Gruppo/4Stormo, Grosseto, June 2004:



Ciao, Edwin Schimmel

[Chrit]

No Gloster Javelins until now. I Have seen many of them. I was every week at Geilenkirchen, but than I had no camera. Who is the lucky guy with pictures ?

[P.Terlouw]

Believe it or not, this is at Deelen at the Open Dag 1973 when two A-7B Corsair attended at the static. Taken with my uncle's Nikkormat

[Erik_7Xi]

Bloodhound "05", US Navy QF-4S 153887, seen at NAS Point Mugu in April 2000. No idea what happened to it?



RF-4C CR.12-54 / 12-63 at Zeltweg 2000 - it's now part of the Torrejon base museum according to the Scramble database.



Royal Australian Air Force MB.326 at RAAF Williamtown in 1996.

[Canberra TT.18]

Hi.

A few more, althought they still fly Down Under.





Hope you like. I do like all the others, bring back some great memories.

Pieter

[cencio4]

Even if some of these pictures are not new to some of you I thought it was the best way to enter this forum and topic.
Will post many more in the following days. Many others available in my site.





















Ciao
David

[Sleegertje]

Those are really GREAT pics!!!
Please post more.
We want more!!!
Regards, Rene Sleegers