gary1701 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Gents, It was two weeks ago today that the Indian Air Force Su-30s arrived at RAF Coningsby for this years joint IAF/RAF exercise. For those of us watching it's been frustrating, with two weeks of pretty poor weather, and although I had some luck late last week with a trip onto the apron for a close look I couldn't help think I still hadn't got some real good stuff yet. In particular, the departure end where they turn right by the fence on the South Side seemed to be a magnet for cloudy conditions every time they flew. Today was departure day so one last three hour drive up to the field in the hope that with the best weather forecast of the deployment I would get them as they taxied out for departure back to India, with the first leg to Greece and Athens today followed by Saudi Arabia. We finally got lucky as 'Astra 2 to 5' taxied out from South side late morning and thankfully caught the light. more below... Edited July 31, 2015 by gary1701 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gary1701 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) ...from above. The same C-17 that brought the kit in a fortnight before was also back again...thankfully in better light. A few from the locals who were also busy. This 41 Sqn GR4 went out with a couple of inert Enhanced Paveway II's. Which were missing when he came back from the ranges. The Battle of Britain anniversary jet was operating. Also the D-Day jet. The 29 Sqn 100th jet was used in the morning for training. Then after normal flying had finished this years display pilot put in a practise display over the field. Gary Edited July 31, 2015 by gary1701 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Perseverance, baby! That's what you have, and it paid off handsomely . Beautiful pics, and thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Great job Gary, happy for you that you finally got the light (and all the specials) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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