Strike Eagles at RAF Valley

[Cheesy]

Awful Weather and light, but the shear power of these things was awesome.

1.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (10) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

2.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (1) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

3.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (11) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

4.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (9) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

5.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (2) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

6.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (3) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

Enjoy,

Cheesy

 

[Cheesy]

7.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (8) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

8.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (5) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

9.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (4) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

10.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (7) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

11.
F-15E at Valley 12 Dec 13 (6) by StampedeT2, on Flickr

 

[FlyTVR]

Fancy trading the Hawk for one of those?

Great set and thanks for sharing.

Maybe lift the shadows a little in pp.

 

[Focalsteve]

Great shots considering the conditions , what brought them to valley ?

 

[eeyore]

Great shots considering the conditions , what brought them to valley ?

I'm guessing an American pilot or 2

Good shots

 

[Focalsteve]

Ho,ho,ho , but I actually asked what not who brought them , ie the purpose of their visit.

 

[Cheesy]

Ho,ho,ho , but I actually asked what not who brought them , ie the purpose of their visit.

It was a weather diversion - Lakenheath went Red while the aircraft were airborne.

Here is a video of the departure :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43024879@N08/11349370955/

Regards,

Cheesy

 

[Ziploc]

lovely pics and nice video

 

[Simon Johnson]

Very nice Paul, must of been awesome to have been that close to them

 

[Brent62]

very nice looking shots

 

[cookyboy]

Nice one Paul,
These guys are my local....ish base.

Steve

 

[faithle55]

Stunning set, was listening to them all calling up on "London Mil" and diverting as we was stuck fog bound waiting at Fairford

 

[DuncanDisorderly]

WOW - only thing I've ever seen like that was when standing at a similar distance from a SR-71 taking off from Farnborough many moons a go.
It left a deep and lasting impression.
Wonderful captures !

 

[mtpg1]

good set considering the conditions thanks for posting.

ps. if you get yourself a decent sized lens you wont have to stand so close

regards
Mike.

 

[Cheesy]

WOW - only thing I've ever seen like that was when standing at a similar distance from a SR-71 taking off from Farnborough many moons a go.
It left a deep and lasting impression.
Wonderful captures !

15 feet from an SR71 in full reheat? That must have been something!

 

[Cheesy]

good set considering the conditions thanks for posting.

ps. if you get yourself a decent sized lens you wont have to stand so close

regards
Mike.

1,2+3 are shot with the 70-200mm! After that it was a case of putting the 17-55mm on and getting a little braver with each departing ac.

I'm quite happy with the shots, as are the Eagle crews who've requested copies.

Regards,

Cheesy

 

[DuncanDisorderly]

15 feet from an SR71 in full reheat? That must have been something!

15ft - Whoa!!!
No I wasn't that close - I figured you were probably using a longer lens.
That must have been insane !

Farnborough was back in the days when an RAE pass would get you unrestricted acces to the air-show - they put a stop to that even while I worked there - that was a L-O-N-G time ago when I was fresh out of college.

 

[The bear]

Cracking set

 

[Big Andy]

Farnborough was back in the days when an RAE pass would get you unrestricted acces to the air-show - they put a stop to that even while I worked there - that was a L-O-N-G time ago when I was fresh out of college.

@DuncanDisorderly A certain Mr Right would of been the pilot then Duncan?

Only time I've seen something like this was through the sunroof of the car at the end of the runway at RAF Odiham when a tornado (I think) did a vertical climb with me looking straight up it's pipes. Awesome sight even though I was a lot further away which is just as well as I didn't want to be fried.
Bottom line is I'm very jealous of these shots and the chances you get for some great images you have posted here in the past.

 

[DuncanDisorderly]

@DuncanDisorderly A certain Mr Right would of been the pilot then Duncan?

[pedant]I think you mean Cody, not Wright[/pedant]