Andrew's Random Notes - Aviation Pictures - Royal International Air Tattoo, July 2006



		Royal International Air Tattoo, July 2006


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Pictures from the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, July 15th - 16th 2006.

BELOW: Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM.

BELOW: Agusta-Bell Sioux AH1, Army Air Corps Historic Aircraft Flight.

BELOW: Westland Lynx HMA8s of the Royal Navy's Black Cats display team.

BELOW: Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.

BELOW: Hercules C3 in "40 Years of RAF Service" livery.

BELOW: RAF Hercules C5.

BELOW: Swedish Air Force JAS39A Gripen.

BELOW: German Tornado.

BELOW: F-15C Eagle from the USAF West Coast Demo Team, in formation with a P-51C/D Mustang from The Fighter Collection at Duxford.

BELOW: Hurricane IIc, Spitfire and Avro Lancaster I from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

BELOW: Hawker Hurricane Mk I.

BELOW: Dassault Mirage 2000C RDI.

BELOW: Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor, of the US Marine Corps. You have to see this aircraft up-close to appreciate just how strange it looks - there's something about the shapes and the odd sheen of the surface that gives it a real "Terminator" feel.

BELOW: Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

BELOW: Hawk with RAF "90th Anniversary" markings.

BELOW: Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon in the smoke from a low pass by the Patrulla Águila.

BELOW: Pakistan Air Force C-130B with a special paint scheme expressing thanks for the international support following the earthquake in 2005. Pity about the spelling mistake - the message reads "WE ARE GREATFUL FOR THE GLOBAL SUPPORT".