Here's the Harriers leaving. Hope to see them again in a couple of weeks. Not sure yet as they might be based at Biggin.










This is the best I could do. I'd better not tell you I missed the shots of the year, if not the decade. Two Harriers doing a fast & low beatup of the tower. I had an idea of where they were approaching from but didn't see them before they shot over the top of the hangar with the condensation shimmering. I swear I could have jumped up & touched them as they went overhead. Bam - Bam. OK, maybe not quite but it was the most impressive beatup I've ever seen & everyone on the airfield will be talking about it for years to come. Hopefully the young photographer from the Archive did better than me. He rushed off to get his film developed with a huge grin on his face. I've been promised a peek.

Hang on Mark. I haven't forgotten you but don't get too excited. That Spitfire jinx is still haunting me I'm afraid.

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I took that specially for Felix. Shame about that darned helicopter.  
These are about the best I got of the Harriers. I did better last year with my old camera but the wind was all wrong this year. Like the old angler's tale, you should have seen the ones that got away.

Nice photos Doug!

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The first one did a conventional takeoff. You can see the nozzles angled slightly downwards. He then circled round & flew back up the runway while the other one took off below him to join up for their farewell pass. That was quite some farewell. From the exhaust haze & altitude the second one looks more like a STOL. I was looking through the viewfinder at the time.

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Thanks. Please do. Always pleased to see more photos.

Brilliant shots Doug:) Heard and saw a couple this week all over cardigan bay.

Very nice