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The UK Search and Rescue role will be privatised at the end of 2015. The venerable Sea King, like this one from RAF Lossiemouth, will be stood down. Hopefully the skills and experience of the crews will not be lost.
Hawk T2 from No. 4 Squadron, RAF Valley.
Wales Air Ambulance, Bolkow BO 105.
Avro Vulcan XH558.
Gear down, airbrakes out and turning in for a slow pass down the display line. The only airworthy Vulcan and airshow favourite XH558, operated by The Vulcan to the Sky Trust.
This Tornado GR4 from II(AC) Squadron RAF Marham receives some TLC.
Strathaven Baloon Festival Evening Glow in John Hastie Park.
Royal Navy Westland Sea King.
RAF Sentry AEW1 from No. 8 Squadron RAF Waddington.
Red Arrows BAE Hawk singleton
Two-seater Typhoon T3 from No. 6 Squadron taxis in on home turf, It is followed by an Armée de l'Air Rafale B.
A B-52 from 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, heads south after a flythrough. The USAF hope to keep the type operational until 2045 meaning that it will have seen around 90 years of active service.
Striking tail art of the squadron mascot by Ted Marcel on a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 of 332 Squadron. The squadron number honours No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron of the RAF which flew Spitfires during World War II. This is a hand-held in-camera double exposure, exposed separately for the fin and the sky. It almost works.
Blackburn Buccaneer S2B XX894 in 809 Naval Air Squadron livery at Bruntingthorpe. The aircraft is maintained in ground-running condition by The Buccaneer Aviation Group.
Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat.
The Gloster Meteor, the first British jet aircraft and the only Allied jet to see action during World War II. This aircraft in RAF training colours is operated by Air Atlantique Classic Flight.
Quik GT450 microlights at Plockton.
Armée de l'Air Rafale B. The B is short for 'biplace' or tandem.
Flyvåpenets Historiske Skvadron Vampire 'Spirit of the Norwegians'.
The Lancaster in 617 Squadron markings from 1943 is tailed by a present-day Tornado of 617 Squadron.
Avro Lancaster 'Just Jane' runs up her four Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. She was built by Austin Motors at Longbridge in April 1945, part of a batch of 150 B Mk VII Avro Lancasters destined for service in the Far East. However, cessation of hostilities against Japan resulted in her immediately being surplus to requirements and going in to storage for the next seven years. In 1952 she was bought and operated by the French Government as a maritime patrol aircraft latterly performing air sea rescue and cartography roles in the South Pacific. She was retired in 1964, flown to Sydney then the 12,000 miles back to the UK. After a few more twists and turns, including 10 years as a gate guardian at RAF Scampton, she finally arrived in East Kirkby in 1987. It is hoped to eventually return her to airworthy condition and join the two remaining airworthy Lancs. This image is a composite of two images taken during a TimeLine Events photoshoot. The sky and aircraft from one engine run and the wet apron from a second engine run an hour later. The engine starter trolley has also been cloned out.
Cessna 172N departing from the Isle of Skye.
An unidentified Leuchars-based Typhoon lights up the afterburner.
Eurofighter Typhoon at RAF Leuchars.
BAC Mk82A Strikemaster, an armed version of the Jet Provost Trainer. This example formerly served with the Royal Air Force of Oman and is now privately owned by North Wales Military Aviation Services Ltd.
The party's over, It's time to call it a day. A pair of Typhoons from the nine-ship formation taxi back to their Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) on the southern side of the airfield. The Typhoons might be back at Leuchars in 2013 but they will no longer be calling it home. Thank-you to all at RAF Leuchars for the many years of entertainment and pleasure. Good luck and best wishes for the future.
For the 70th anniversary of the Dambuster raids the BBMF Lancaster assumed the identity of 617 Squadron Lancaster DV385. The original aircraft was a replacement for one lost during the Dambuster raids on the 16th and 17th of May 1943.
Plane Sailing's Catalina flying boat during the 2015 Scottish Air Show.