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Brize Norton Enthusiasts Day held on the 22nd September 2013

 

RAF Brize Norton held an Enthusiasts Day for a limited number of people on the 22nd of September 2013.

The event was held to commemorate the looming out of service date for 3 iconic RAF aircraft,

these were the Lockheed C-130K Hercules, The Lockheed Tristar and the Vickers VC-10.

The event was also being held to raise funds for the RAF Benevolent Fund.

 

The three aircraft taking part were the C-130K XV303, Tristar ZE705 and VC-10 XV147/F.

The out of service date for the C-130K is the end of October, the VC-10 was

the end of September and the Tristar is the end of April 2014.

 

The event started at 10AM and went on until around 3PM.

Between 11.30AM and 12.30PM the aircraft pan was cleared of steps to enable

uncluttered photography.

The weather held good with no rain, we were also fortunate that there were

aircrew and ground crew available to answer questions.

 

My thanks go to Wing Commander P R Morgan, Officer Commanding 216 Squadron, for organising the event.

This section contains 96 unique images taken during the event:

RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171 & Airbus A330 Voyager
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705 Cockpit
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705 Cockpit
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705 Cockpit
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705 Cockpit
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705 Cockpit
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 XX549
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
Tristar ZE705, VC-10 ZA147 & C-130K XV303
Tristar ZE705, VC-10 ZA147 & C-130K XV303
RAF Lockheed Tristar ZE705, Vickers VC-10 ZA147 & C-130K XV303
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
Airbus A340 CS-TQY & Airbus A330 CS-TQP
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Lockheed L-1011 Tristar ZE705
RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules XV303
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ177
RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ZZ171
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
AirTanker Airbus A330 Voyager G-VYGG
RAF Vickers VC-10 K.3 ZA147/F

 

All images remain copyright İRoger Whitcomb 2013 - www.milairpix.com

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