Riat 2010

[richep]

Taken on the Saturday. Another successfull year for the RIAT organisers. Roll on next year

B52

Vulcan ready for takeoff with B52 in the background

Dutch F16

Lakenheath based F15c takeoff

Patrouille de france with their Alpha jets

C17 Globemaster

A rare display by the RAF Harrier GR9

Battle of britains Lancaster bomber

Star of the show for many, the F22 Raptor

F/A-18F Super Hornet

RAF Tornado GR4

Spitfire and Eurofighter Typhoon

Red arrows

Spitfire LF1Xc

[dogs32]

rich you was very lucky as Sunday it was very bad light conditions and drizzle..

nice pics well done

[richep]

Thanks Pat, I seem to get lucky with the weather at Fairford, been going on the Saturday every year since 2000 and always had sun, except for 2008 obviously. I have more but need to sort through them. I took 2300 shots throughout the day, but many of them are not usable.Cheers Paul

[dogs32]

Thanks Pat, I seem to get lucky with the weather at Fairford, been going on the Saturday every year since 2000 and always had sun, except for 2008 obviously. I have more but need to sort through them. I took 2300 shots throughout the day, but many of them are not usable.Cheers Paul

nice pics regardless...of how many are un- usable

I think I will go on Saturdays myself...also Yeovil looks good...will pay them a visit

also you saw the Lancaster...reayl looked forward to this...But didnt fly becaus e of the wind :lol:

poor excuse

Edited July 24, 2010 by Pat Carter

[richep]

Not sure how many are unusable, but i'll still keep em. Sometimes if a image is no good it may still look good if you convert it to black n white. Got quite a few shots of the Lancaster and also the messerschmitts in formation with the spits, its just finding the time to sort through them all. Yeoviltons good if you view the show from outside the airfield. If you go on base your shooting into the sun all day, making it hard to get a good exposure

[vortex_liam]

Pat, the lancaster is the only flying one in the world the rest are non airworthy BTW it is based at duxford

[dogs32]

Paul....Would you know of any other displays up in August or Sept? :lol:

cheers Liam...going to take my dad to a few museum's

Edited July 25, 2010 by Pat Carter

[JohnC]

Excellent quality. Could you tell me what lens you were using please?

[richep]

Lens used was Sigma 50-500mm

[cloudscapes]

Pat, the lancaster is the only flying one in the world the rest are non airworthy BTW it is based at duxford

Hi There, not strictly true - check the Canadian Warplane Heritage site, they have also been flying a Lanc for many years now.

Regards - Keith

[Wet'n'Dry]

And some planes should never fly again, or at least until they have an airworthyness certificate despite what the pilot thinks and his apparently over enthusiastic co-pilot!

Nice pics by the way Rich

[JohnC]

Lens used was Sigma 50-500mm

Thanks . Really good quality photos.I showed them to my neighbour who has the 150-500 but we didn't know what you had. He hasn't had it long so these will give him cheer.