bmmheadRNAS Yeovilton Airshow July 9th 2011

With grateful thanks to Richard Clarke of Vulcan To The Sky for access to XH558
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arrow_00641 Red Arrows 5 ship   fury_00423 Hawker Sea Fury   fury_00477b Hawker Sea Fury
 
lanc_00376 BBMF Lancaster   mig29_00741 Mig-29 "Fulcrum"
Low and fast!
  mig29_00750 Mig-29 "Fulcrum"
knife edge
 
mig29_00760 Mig-29 "Fulcrum"   p51_00779 P51d Mustang   rafale_01208 Rafale
 
rafale_01231 Rafale   sword_00455 Fairey Swordfish   vixen_00954 De Havilland
Sea Vixen
 
vixen_00958 De Havilland
Sea Vixen
  371 BBMF
Lancaster with Spitfire
  759 Mig-29 Fulcrum
slow, dirty pass
then full power
 
641 Red Arrows
Perfect crossover!
(A bit too perfect)
  661 Red Arrows
Another crossover
  00585 Red Arrows Break!
 
343 Belgian F16 with flares   924 Vulcan XH558 with De Havilland
Sea Vixen
Rarity value - HUGE!
  937 Vulcan XH558 with De Havilland
Sea Vixen
 
936 Vulcan XH558 with De Havilland
Sea Vixen
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Break formation!

  1019 Vulcan B2 XH558 Looking up the access hatch to the cockpit
 
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Vulcan B2 bomb bay
Big, really big!
With summer plaque
and my late father's name on it!
 
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Yours truly pointing out my father's name
 
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Zooming in
 
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XH558
"The Spirit of Great Britain" nose art
 
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Yours truly with Martin Withers DFC.
XH558 pilot
 
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Dutch AH-64 Apache firing flares
 
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Dutch AH-64 Apache firing flares
Yes - it is inverted!
 
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Tornado GR4's
high speed pass
 
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Finale!