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as there was already a topic with static show pictures, I have decided to limit myself of sharing a few from Departure Monday.
1. The day kicked-off with the two CH-47Fs from the KLu departing, with D-483 flying across the runway to couple up with D-603:
CH47-KLU-D483-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr2. Falcon 7X 606 of the Hungarian Air Force was actually an arrival:
DA7X-HUAF-606-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr3. Next to the special liveried S208M, there was also this MM61936 present:
S208-ITAF-MM61936-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr4. RAF Typhoon ZJ914 has an impressive display livery:
Typhoon-RAF-ZJ914-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr5. Saudi Hawks departing:
Hawk-RSAF-8817-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr6. U-2 80-1096/BB was being towed from the static to a hangar on the North side of the airfield. Because of the strong winds there were 2 people on both wings to keep them from flexing-up:
U2-USAF-801096-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr7. Such a great classic heli!
SeaKing-BAF-RS02-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr8. But the modern ones are enjoyable and impressive as well as CV-22B 11-0061 proves:
CV22-USAF-110061-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr9. The MB-339NATs of Al Fursan left Fairford to return after a while as they were denied entry in the French airspace. Later they seemed to have fixed it and left again:
MB339-UAEAF-439-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr10. Personal highlights for me where the Spanish and Italian Harriers, like this TAV-8B MM55032 of the Italian Navy:
TAV8-ITAN-MM55032-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr11. The Italian Air Force was present at RIAT due their 100 year's anniversary, including a few planes featuring a special AMI 100 years tail, as shown by this Eurofighter CSX7352:
EF2000-ITAF-CSX7352-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr12. And T-346 CSX55223:
T346-ITAF-CSX55223-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr13. Another cool oldie was this Phantom 01518 of the Hellenic Air Force. This one also left and returned as access to French airspace was initially denied:
F4-HAF-01518-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr14. Quite the interesting special livery on this Luftwaffe Eurofighter 31+14:
EF2000-GAF-3114-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr15. Two Hawks of the Qatar Emiri Air Force/RAF training unit departed brotherly together:
Hawk-QAF-ZB131-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr16. This Saudi Herc 496 dropped in to pick up the stuff that was needed to support the Saudi Hawks:
C130-RSAF-486-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr17. Another cool livery was worn by Rafale 113 of the French Air Force:
Rafale-FAF-113-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr18. This Meteor WA638 of Martin Baker is a very pretty appearance:
Meteor-MBA-WA638-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr19. I only have been able to photograph one Su-22 of the Polish Air Force in my life and, unfortunately, it was this 8309. So no new one but still a great aircraft:
SU22-PLAF-8309-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr20. This Qatari Typhoon QA414 had also been on the static:
EF2000-QAF-QA414-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr21. Nothing special but still a nice picture of A330-200MRTT T-056:
A332MRTT-KLU-T056-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr22. Top Aces Alpha Jet C-GITA gave a nice little wave to the crowd:
AlphaJet-ACS-CGITA-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr23. The other Harrier-operator; the Spanish Navy, seen here is V.A.1B-24 leaving:
EAV8-SPNY-VA1B24-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr24. This Armada Citation also wasn't a bad catch!
CE650-SPNY-U2101-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr25. Love the livery on this Sk60 60105:
Sk60-SWEAF-60105-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr26. But the one on this Belgian F-16AM FA-86 also wasn't bad:
F16-BAF-FA87-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr27. I'm ending my set with another nice Italian participant, this P-72A MM62279:
P72-AMI-MM62279-FFD17jul23 by Anton Homma, on FlickrHope you liked my selection! If you want to see all my pictures of this Monday, please see here: https://flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/ ... 065577682/
Pictures from the show on Sunday (static and flying) can be found here: https://flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/ ... 0309905795
Cheers!
