A few weeks ago we headed down to the RAF Cosford airshow in the Midlands. This was a regular event for me (Ben) as a child, and we last went a couple of years ago. The RAF and other military personnel are always friendly, the civvy engineering demonstrations entertain the kids... and jets screaming around appeal to my younger self.
Anyway I've split this into two posts, the shorter one of the planes on the ground, and a larger post on the actual flying display.
With Cosford dodging closure and budget cuts by becoming a massive centre for training engineers, tt does provide an opportunity to see a large number of types of plane which have been retired as cost-cutting exercises in recent years, such as the Jaguars above...
...and Harrier.
Whilst going for head-on shots, an Apache, a true example of Function over Form, given it is as ugly as hell...
At the far end of the field were the former testing and research jets, mainly more Jaguar aircraft.
A particularly appealing livery. Back when I was a child on holidays in Wales we used to see a fair few jets in this colour scheme operating from the research/target airfield at Llanbedr, so it bought back memories.
Anyway the flying display started around lunchtime and we didn't end up seeing all that much on the ground, which was a shame, but the quality of the air display made up for it a bit. More on that in the next blog post.
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