RAF Cosford airshow 2012

[superian]

Myself and the Wife ventured to Cosford on Sunday (with some trepidation considering the forecast and last years' experience) for the airshow. The weather on the whole was quite good except for a couple of light showers and one spell where the rain was quite heavy, this only lasted about 10mins but it did prevent the RV8tors SWIP team from completing their display.
There was a good crowd turnout as well. Heres some pics from the event but sadly, due to a schoolboy error, not all of my pics are postable........I forgot to turn down the exp comp so quite a few are useless. Iv'e photoshoped some to try and smarten them up but its a lesson learnt.
Ian.

On the ground Military…in no particular order



Eurocopter Squirrel HT1 ZJ278


Eurocopter Squirrel HT1 ZJ260


DHC Chipmunk T10 WK514


DHC Chipmunk T10 WG472


Cessna Caravan N208AX (RAF Falcons aircraft)


Augusta A109 E ZR322


Taxying SEPECAT Jaguar GR3A XX748





SA Bulldog T1 XX626


SA Bulldog T1 XX513


P40 M Kittyhawk 210855


Hunting Jet Provost T5A XW367


Hawker Hurricane R4118


more to follow later…

[superian]

Here's a few of the statics and the fly-ins.
Ian.

G-RAVN


G-GEHL


G-COSF


G-CGRB


G-CGKG


G-BYZR


G-BNSP


G-AXNS


G-ATSI


G-SCHI


I'll post the flying display later today.

[superian]

The Flying Display in roughly the order of appearance but with some omissions.
Ian.

Tug & Banner



Typhoon FGR4 ZK3332




RV8tors G-RVMZ & G-LEXY


Westland Lynx HMA8 SRU XZ722


Great War Flying Machines





Westland Sea King HAR3 XZ593


BBMF Lancaster PA474


BBMF Lancaster PA474 Spitfire PS915 (the BBMF Hurricane went tech due to an oil leak at the last minute so a no show)



Hunting Jet Provost T3A XM470


Hunting Jet Provost T5 XW324


Folland Gnats XS111 & XR538


Twister Duo G-SWIP & G- ZWIP


Bucker Jungmeister G-BUTX


RAFAT 2012 Red Arrows




Hawker Hurricane R4118


Belgian Air Force Augusta A109


Beechcraft King Air XK544


Hawker Sea Fury T20S VX281


P40M Kittyhawk 210855


Vickers VC-10 ZA149 (fly past only)



All in all, not a bad first visit to the Cosford Airshow.
Thanks for looking.
ian.

[johnoakes]

Brilliant photos taken in poor light--very skillful.
I ahve a tale for you about the Sopwith Triplane--it was made in Yorkshire and we had a trip to the sheds--literally-- where it was made.They were making a Bristol monoplane as their next venture.
Tom Sopwith--in his late 90s came to see the triplane and was so impressed with its authenticity that he signed it off personally as a late prodution model and not a replica--now not many people know that-- but the late Tom Sopwith was a true hero and that was typical of the sort of true British gentleman he was.

[superian]

Thanks for the comments John.
Ian.