Good morning Doug.
These are by far some of your best photos, ever posted.

Outstanding! The Gladiator and Hind shot is just pure magic.

Wowzers! Amazing what a difference a few minutes either way can make, light-wise. Magical.
BTW, what camera are you using now, and are these shots done with optical or digital zoom?
I'm sure you've posted the specs before (?), but haven't found them... I'm going crazy trying to decide what (inexpensive) digital camera to buy, and although I'd love 10x optical zoom or better, the price jump above 4x is pretty dramatic. If these shots were made with combined optical/digital zoom, I'd say that's a pretty good camera.

Thanks chaps. I'll take that comment by Felix as a veiled compliment.
I'm delighted with some of these myself. Strange how tastes vary. I think shot #4 of the Hind is possibly the best photo I've ever taken. Purely by accident of course, like all the others.

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Depends what you call digital zoom. I crop most of my photos in IrfanView which is much the same thing. The problem with this type of camera is judging the amount of zoom you need for each photo. I very often get it wrong & nobody is more surprised than me when the odd one turns out dead centre & full frame. A very rare occurrence indeed.

My camera is a Fuji S5000. http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/fuji-finepix-s5000-reviews.html (Superceded by the S5500.)
It cost £230 almost a year ago, no more than my first little digital camera when I purchased it 1 year previously. Like everything else the price should be around the same in USD & you can pick them up cheaper now. I only got it for the 10x zoom but I wouldn't say it's ideal for this job. My main complaint is the digital viewfinder which takes some getting used to & is a blasted nuisance. Also the shutter delay. If I could afford it I would get a Canon 350D but I think all that messing around changing lenses would be too much for me..

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Thanks Alrot. I'm only a raw amateur, a point & shoot merchant. The camera takes all the credit - & those display pilots who pose their pretty aeroplanes so nicely for me. All I do is press the button & I take a lot of photos. I took around 300 yesterday. That's the secret. The ideal location & little bit of sunshine makes all the difference. If I can do it so can anyone else.

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I like the 350D Craig. About the same size as my S5000 with similar features to the 20D, only better  - or so the experts tell me. It also has a fully automatic mode. I've had a demonstration of it & I'm sure it would suit me. The only problem is the price. I haven't learned how to use the one I have properly yet.

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Ah, but there's the difference you see. I never had any interest in all that messing around. I have enough problems as it is & if I had to worry about setting it up first I would miss every shot. The plane would be a mile away before I was ready.

I'll never make a "proper" photographer. All I every wanted to do is take reasonable pictures of pretty aeroplanes. I'm quite pleased with the results so far.

Yet once again.......very nice work there, Doug  .......if anyone could call a day out capturing all that fine hardware, "Work".......... 8)