Red Arrows and Rivet Joint in formation
Like many other RAF Stations, RAF Waddington holds an annual "Families Day". This is where the station is opened to base personnel, their families and invited friends. There are static aircraft to walk round, stalls, games and generally a flying display. At a lot of stations aviation enthusiasts can watch the flying display from points outside of the station perimeter.
Red Arrow with 60th anniversary livery
RAF Waddington has a viewing area with a mobile cafe and toilets and a decent view of the activity. The first aircraft to go up was the massive Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint. Its a huge reconnaissance aircraft. The Red Arrows (BAE Hawks) were quick to follow and all returned fairly quickly as they formed up and flew in formation along the runway.
Concord formation
The Rivet Joint left the formation ad the Red Arrows came back in to perform their display. The cloud cover was very low, and so they performed a low level display. The cloud cover and lighting changed constantly meaning a lot of on the fly changes to the camera settings.
Nine on a turn
Another exact display at very high speeds. It takes a lot of skill, a lot of training and, in my opinion, balls of steel.
Two BAE Hawks
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Great stuff mate, love the BAE Hawks shot especially.
Cheers matey, very much appreciated
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Very nice captures, what I like about this kind of photography is the way you can compose and harmonise with the patterns of motifs.
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@wilfredocav many many thanks
@visualshots thank you, very much appreciated
Surprised they still operated under that sort of weather, I remember they cancelled over much less. I'd get great views of the flyovers in England, directly over my countryside home on the way to London. Loved seeing all the types of jets and such!
Apparently it was touch and go at one point, but thankfully it went ahead. I bet it was a magnificent sight watching the flypasts going over to London. Thanks for your comment
The months from May to October last year, I remember there being a sudden arrival of jets every day. So even outside of events I'd catch a huge roar and if I was outside, a glimpse of the RAF training. I assume it was an outcome of the tensions with Russia. It came out of nowhere and I'd never seen that before, and my area was isolated enough for them to perform such frequent training. I never got to capture them though, one thing I do regret not being able to do. At best I had an 85mm prime.
To witness such things is an incredible experience, can't imagine how fun it is to capture them too. Have you been to the IWM Duxford museum?
Very beautiful shots, friends.
May I ask what camera you took it with?
The way you take it seems to me is also complicated, but his work is outside today.
Hi, many thanks @furkanmamplam I used a Canon 5D MK iii and a 100-400mm lens