Oldest Flying Jet Heads off to Detroit

  The former gate guardian which faced on to the main Liverpool to Southport road between 1966 and 1995 at RAF Woodvale is set to move to United States. The last airworthy Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 WA591/G-BWMF, and the worlds oldest flying jet aircraft has now been sold to US Warbird operator Marty Tibbits, along…

The Last Vulcan Back to the Lake District

The Worlds Last Airworthy Vulcan XH 558 flew through the Lake District for the last time before she makes her final flight at the end of this month. The aircraft which was used by the RAF initially as a strategic Bomber, during the Cold War and later in the Falklands Conflict was retired from service…

V Force Tour V-bomber Swan Song 2015

The last Avro Vulcan B mk 2 XH558 photographed flying over Lake Windermere in the Lake District during her round Britain flight visiting the sites where the last of the RAFs V Bombers have been preserved on the 26th June 2015, This is a heavily cropped 15Mb image taken with an E0s 50D and 100-400mm…

Historic Dakota Over Morecambe

Photographed over Morecambe in its first air show appearance since being granted Public Displays Authority the BBMF Dakota was taking part in the Morecambe Carnival 2015. The Dakota was a military version of the DC-3 airliner, which first flew in 1935 modified with more powerful engines, the replacement of airline seating with utility seats along…