Hi All,
Take two of my wet day at RIAT thread now that I have rearranged my photos in photobucket so that they can now be seen by you all.
So I hope that you enjoy them as it was a great day out despite the weather.
The mighty Vulcan comes into land
Star of the RIAT 2011 show the SU-27 Flanker
Close up of the SU-27 canopy and ejection seats
Look into my eye
Red Arrows - Red three being blinded by red smoke from Red one prior to take off
Red Arrows - The Reds give a top perfomance despite the gloomy weather at RIAT. Can you spot which pair are crossing?
Awesome - do not be in the way of this when it is fired - the deadly gatling gun in the nose of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
Up close and personal with the A-10 Thunderbolt II - Check out the nose where the refuelling point is, not a very careful driver by the looks of it
Rain splattered canopy of the A-10
The pilot checks out the runway ahead as he powers down the runway ready for take off in the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
Get ready to duck - the A-10 Thunderbolt II ready to demonstrate why it is a fearsome aircraft
Typhoon canopy from head on covered in fine rain drops
A transport aeroplane should not be doing this!! The Alenia C-27J Spartan doing areobatics at RIAT
Dassault Rafale lighting up the afterburners as it takes to the sky after take off from RIAT
A tiger on the prowl - a Swiss Hawker Hunter show off its Tiger stripe colour scheme at RIAT
Flames and jet blast shot out the exhaust nozzels of the Typhoon as it takes off at RIAT
Turkish F-16 rolls inverted during its display at RIAT
The BBMF's Lancaster bomber thunders down the runway at full power before lifting off at RIAT
Solo Saudi Air Force display team member in a high speed fly past at RIAT