RAF Lossie and Kinloss – 16th Nov

Very nice shots , I like the Tornado night shots 😉

beautiful pics, good work man…thanks 4 sharing !

coming in across the golf course in 1975

No golf course in 1975 – was just a lovelly sandy beach, and gorse covered sand dunes. Ahh night time skinny dipping (shhhhh :diablo: ). I remember it well.

Thanks for the reply Darren. The gorse looks awfully thick down that way these days!
Will start saving for the kit. good work.

Colin

macz,

I use a Canon350D with a Sigma 50-500mm lens. The viewpoints from the fence are fantastic and you can still stand under the flightpath, if you are brave/stupid enough….lol

The Jag shot was taken at Kinloss, during the CQWI exercise.

Wonderful shots and thanks for posting them!

I was at Lossie this year on camp with our ATC Squadron. With the exception of a 14 Sqn visit ironically you see more of the aircraft from the other side of the wire! (though you do have an exceptionally good viewpoint there). Amazing to see those Jags … I have similar b&w shots of them coming in across the golf course in 1975 (when you could actually stand under the flightpath!).

May I ask what sort of equipment you use?

Brilliant pictures there:cool:

James

Hi

Awesome shots

E-GPK

Ditto – haven’t been to Lossie since – ohh -1978 – would love to see it again now, after nearly 30 years

Even longer for me. Flew into Lossie in 1967 on a Cherokee 6 and in 1971 on an Islander to help out with Loganair’s pleasure flights at the open day/air display. All changed there now; Gannets all gone. Thanks for posting these excellent pictures.

Cheers for the comments folks.

Mike – it was VERY noisy – just as it should be.

Nice shots. Nice and noisy too I hope. Wish I could have been there too but it’s just a bit too far from home for a day out.

Ditto – haven’t been to Lossie since – ohh -1978 – would love to see it again now, after nearly 30 years 😮

Where does the time go? Seems much more recent.

Is Ops/Comcen/Telephone Exchange still a wooden shack? Is the Jag sim still there, taking up 3 buildings the size of a hangar each? Is the NAAFI still cockroach ridden? (Wait, maybe that was Finningley? – 😀 ). Is the WAAF block still off-limits to men? – so many questions.

Sing along – “Where have all he Gannets gone? Long time passing, Where….etc…?”

I forget now – was it Mamba’s or mammaries all those Navy boys were chasing?

Nice shots. Nice and noisy too I hope. Wish I could have been there too but it’s just a bit too far from home for a day out.

I love the picture of the Jaguar formation fly-by!

Very nice shots – thks for sharing them