At Cottesmore in 1 Sqn hangar in December last year. Cordoned off with radiation warning stickers around it.
Brian
3x Dominies over Wyton – 19Jan11
Well impressed with the arrival time considering they were doing a world tour of the South of England. Arrival time at Wyton was given at 12.41, a bit exact I thought, and according to the exif info they were directly overhead at 12.40.59. So that’s the Harrier flypast, Dominie flypast which just leaves the Tornado F3, Nimrod 1 and Sentinel to go.
A bit of target practice while I was waiting.
Brian
Then they need to change the information board!. I visited a few weeks ago and came away with the same thought. Having read the display board it tells you it is a ‘model made for a TV advert’ although I must say I thought it looked real.
It hoodwinked me, and a few others, judging by the comments from those around me that were reading from the same information board.
This is the only model made for a TV advert.
Brian
After a quick lunch from the SPAR at Cottesmore we set off in convoy, following the RN Lt, for the 20 minute trip down the A1 to RAF Wittering. Having parked up outside the MT hangar we had a leisurely ramble up a snow covered grass incline toward the taxi way that led from the dispersal to the 26 end of the runway. I had a look around and was not in a really good position as I was hoping to get some underside approach type photos. I wandered back down the slope to a big green emergency generator container and became Billy Nomates as I stood all alone by myself. I got the type of shots I wanted though. We had arrived at Wittering as the last of the morning wave were taking off but by 14.40 as the bright orange winter sun was getting close to the horizon, the first wave returned and could be seen approaching the airfield in formation. After a run and break there were lots of approaches, rollers, hovering and fly-bys. A repeat performance when the second wave returned.
I headed back to the main group as the first of the Harriers were starting to park up on the dispersal.
As the last Harrier flight of the day, a T12, rolled passed us, the sun had virtually set below the horizon. When all eight Harriers of No IV(R) Squadron were on the ground, parked up and shut down, we then had access to the dispersal for a wander around.
There was also going to be a mini night shoot but as a bit of fatigue and cold, turned out my thermal socks were not as thermal as advertised and I was developing what has turned out to be a head cold, had set in I gave that a miss and settled for the warmth of the hangar.
More images from RAF Wittering HERE
Many, many thanks to my two chauffeurs for the day, and to all the service personnel at RAF Cottesmore and RAF Wittering who went out of their way to accommodate a group of photographers interrupting their work routine at a very difficult time for them.
Brian
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