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Coningsby catch up.


gary1701

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Hi gents,

Here's another set of photos from the last couple of months. I hadn't posted anything for a few months up until earlier this week because I was having trouble accessing the site, but that seems to have been solved by a new PC and different browser so here's a few. All from a few trips upto Coningsby in November when the winter light is at it's best.

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Note the live AMRAAM's on this 41 Sqn bird.

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I've been trying to get some decent sunset pics here for years, but my timing and the weather has always been off, but for two weeks running I was lucky enough to get exactly the right kind of circumstances. First evening was arrivals on runway 25.
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The second attempt was at the other end, shooting as they came towards me.
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Gary
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Great pictures Gary! As said before, the sunset shots are ace. Thanks for showing!

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Thanks gents. Hi Mark, no, just the AMRAAM's of which he had two, one on each corner. He wasn't a QRA jet, but from 41 Sqn, the evaluation unit. They normally operate from the apron, rather than the HAS sites, but I would guess that live ordnance loading would probably be done on that side of the field only. I don't know what he was doing, as it was a normal 41 Sqn callsign. I never did find out if he brought them both back as he was one of the aircraft later silhouetted against the sun. Nobody that I know of monitored his comms either.

Gary

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