Few Hours at Prestwick Airport

A fairly short time spent at Prestwick International Airport (PIK) today as the Super Galaxy had stayed overnight and it was rumoured it may leave sometime around Lunch.

As luck would have it I managed to get there in time to get a few shots before she started up and departed.

I opted to stay a while longer to catch what other traffic I could before heading home.

Waiting for Clearance

 Getting Ready to Close the Doors

Trundling out to the Runway

 Army Plane Flies Overhead

Super Galaxy is on Her Way

 Coastguard Aircraft Departing

 Piper Aircraft Taking Off

Ryanair On It's Way

 Colourful Helicopter Departs


Pilatus  Aircraft

Air Sea Rescue 

Cessna 441

 Coming in to Land

Cessna 525 Citation Jet

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Scottish Airshow 2015 - Prestwick and Ayr

Lovely day for the airshow at Ayr, but a cold wind off the beach made it less comfortable.

Opted to head over to see the aircraft at Prestwick during the lunch break - this proved to be a good move.

Vulcan had her final flight in Scotland as she will no longer be flying after this year.

She had a technical problem which gave us a few concerns but all ended well I'm pleased to say.

I'll let the images do the talking and hope you enjoy them.

 HMS Pembroke and Royal Marines 

 RAF Eurofighter Typhoon 

CAP 232

DHC-1 Chipmunks

RAF Hawk T2 Demonstration Team 

 Hawker Hurricane 

Mighty Vulcan - Last Flight

Saab 35 Draken

 Saab 35 Draken Takes Off

 RAF Hawk T2 (ZK028)

 Red Arrows

 Eurofighter Typhoon

 Catalina 

 Saab J-29F Tunnan (Wee Barrel)

B-17G Flying Fortress

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A Few Hours at Prestwick Airfield

Hearing that the Refuelling Tanker and the two Hornets would depart today I headed down to Prestwick.

After a short delay the aircraft fired up and taxied down for take-off.

Nice to see the Hornets pick up speed and take off in a lively fashion and hope my images do justice.

 Birthday Girl

 Airport Fire Service

 Birthday Girl Departing

 Spotters Hill

 F/A-18E

 F/A-18F Hornet 

F/A-18F Hornet 

 Omega Tanker DC-10 Ready for Take

Omega Tanker DC-10 (N974VV) Departing

Two for Take-Off

 Speeding Down the Runway

Afterburners Alight

Skimming the Roof

F/A-18E

F/A-18E Hornet Outbound

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Prestwick Airport Trip

On hearing that we may see a couple of Skyhawks at Prestwick it was always going to be a drive down to get a few photos.

They arrived much later than I had expected, but it gave me time to walk Maya and catch up with a few friends.

I also managed a few photos of some of the other aircraft about on the day.

 Ryanair Boeing 737 (EI-EFD)

 Cargolux (747-4R7F)

 Ryanair Boeing 737 (EI-EMJ)

 Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (G-BOAH)

 Aerospace Gulfstream 5 (N551GT) on Approach

 Aerospace Gulfstream 5 (N551GT) Landing

 Cargolux (747-4R7F) 'City of Walferdange'

Cargolux (747-4R7F) Departing

Two A4N Skyhawks

 A4N Skyhawk N166EM

 A4N Skyhawk N167EM on Approach

 A4N Skyhawk N167EM about to Touch Down

  A4N Skyhawk N167EM 

 Robin DR400/120 Dauphin

 Ryanair Boeing 737 (EI-EMJ) Prepares to Depart

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 124 (G-ASAL)

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