RIAT 2019
Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK What a difference a day makes. Friday was almost washed out with very heavy rain and a very low cloud-base. Saturday, however, dawned brighter, not perfect, but fine enough for a full day of...
Tactical Leadership Programme 2018
Tactical Leadership Programme 2018-1 Albacete Los-Llanos airbase Spain 29/1 – 23/2/2018 This multinational NATO programme is normally held four times a year. It was initially at Jever in Germany in 1979 before transferring to Florennes, Belgium in 1989. The need for more...
NATO Tiger Meet 2015
Konya, Turkey, 4-16 May 2015 A favourite event on the calendar of many military aviation photographers is the annual NATO Tiger Meet in which various units having a Tiger in their squadron emblem get together at a different base each year for...
Bastille Day flypast
Sunday 14 July 2013, Champs Elysee, Paris This was my first time at this annual festival and, with bright weather, it did not disappoint.The crowds are enormous and the flypast starts around 10 am with the Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France...
NATO Tiger Meet 2011
This year’s NATO Tiger Meet was hosted at BA103 Cambrai and enjoyed bright weather on nearly all days except the Spotter’s Day on which I visited. The event was also lessened by the withdrawal of squadrons from Belgium, Norway, Hungary and The...