Blog Posts in Category: Aviation

Eurofighter Typhoon in Libya?

Alastair BegleyAviation Short Link

With the United Nations recent decision to back a no fly zone over Libya and in my opinion the most likely jet of ours to be deployed being the Eurofighter Typhoon due to the probability of air to air combat meaning that jets that have air superiority are required. For this we have two alternatives, the Tornado F3 or the Typhoon and there isn’t much of a choice with the F3s due to retire next week and the Typhoons ability to attack ground targets too. There are however alternatives for just ground attack which are the Tornado GR4 which are currently deployed in Afghanistan so fairly busy or the Harrier GR9 which have just being retired along with the carrier which the Harriers can land on. So with this information in mind I have decided to write this blog post in respect of the pilots that are going to be send into the front line where they are likely to come into danger from both air and ground and to show off the great aircraft that is the Eurofighter Typhoon which I think is the most likely British aircraft to be deployed. These photos are all. Read the full article…

Cockpits of the RAF’s Fast Jets

Alastair BegleyAviation, North Wales Short Link

Due to various reasons recently I have not had time to do all that much photography and have not done any low level photography since October, so I have been spending some spare time re-processing some low level photos from this summer just to focus in on the cockpits. Thankfully in a week I spent in Snowdonia and the Lake Disctict photographing them at low level in June I had passes from all three of the RAF’s fast jets at the time, the training version of the Harrier Jump Jet the T12, The GR4 version of the Tornado and FGR4 and finally the training version of the Eurofighter Typhoon the T3. Though now unfortunatly the Harrier Jump Jet has been retired from service so this is the last time I ever saw one.

Lowfly in Scotland

Alastair BegleyAviation Short Link

Last week was my last week up in Glasgow before returning to university and I managed to get two days off work where I went to the Selkirk to Moffat pass in the hope that I would get some nice passes.  On the first day I arrived to lots of hill fog and rain, but I braved it and went up anyway and it proved to be a good decision as I had a great pass at the end of the day by a RAF Tornado GR4.  On the second day i went up a different hill and discovered that the weather forecast was wrong, it forecast to be sun all morning but it was overcast and then started raining for over an hour.  Finally it cleared but 2pm came and there had still been no passes and I had frozen due to a strong northerly wind.  But it was worth it thanks to the great pass i had on the first day!

Battle of Britain at Windermere

Alastair BegleyAviation Short Link

Last weekend was the airshow at Windermere which was a disappointing weekend.  Saturday was a complete wash out due to rain and low cloud so we got very wet sitting on the side of a hill all afternoon hoping for it to clear, and on Sunday it was very overcast and dark, it felt more like winter than summer with the lack of light.  The red arrows canceled, one of the Spitfire’s and the Dakota didn’t make it due to the Spitfire going tech en route towards the airshow.  But on a more positive note one Spitfire made it along with the Battle of Britain themed display Tucano who both did good displays. Here is what I managed to get of the Spitfire and the Tucano.