HMS Gannet - Farewell Flight

HMS Gannet's search and rescue helicopters had their final farewell flypast over Scotland today and passed Faslane Naval Base on the route.

Here are a few images from above the Naval Base.

 SD Reliable Prepares Her Salute

 Three Sea Kings Approach

 Flying Past Faslane Naval Base

 Overhead at Faslane

Passing the Base

 Heading Off

Bound for Tyndrum

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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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Strathaven Balloon Festival - 2015

Once again it was a well worthwhile trip to Strathaven to see the Balloons in flight.

The organisers and staff were both friendly and helpful.

The balloonists were cheerful and accommodating, and the morning and evening events were fantastic.

Hope you enjoy the images and I can recommend this event if you are able to attend next year.

 Unpacked


Farmer and Family Get an Early Start


Safely Landed

Up and Away

Larkhall Bound

 Evening Start

 Sailing in the Sky

Inflated 
  

 Evening Preparations

Crowds Gather at the Hill

Little Boy with Big Balloon


Evening Flight


Coming Over


About to Land

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Red Arrows at Prestwick Airport

The Red Arrows arrived right on time at Prestwick Airport this evening.

We saw them do a flypast before turning and landing one at a time.

They later departed three at a time at 18:40 and headed south to perform a display in Whitehaven returning at 19:35.

They then overnight until 09:00 tomorrow morning.

 Reds Arrive and do a flypast at Prestwick Airport


Reds Overhead


Touchdown

XX219 Safely Landed 

All in a Row

Departing Prestwick Airport

Dream Girl Departs 

USAF K10

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Strathaven Balloon Festival - 'Evening Glow' Event

I went through to Strathaven Balloon Festivals's 'Evening Glow' event tonight.

Wasn't sure what to expect but knew getting quality images would be a challenge.

Positioned myself a bit too close to the action I think, though a couple of good shots resulted.

The event is quite a short one so not much time to get in to different locations for a different perspective. The crowd was quite large too so getting a clear view wasn't so easy.

Anyway, here's the fruits of my labours.

 Ballons Inflate

Lighting Up to the Music

Inflated

 Warming up

 Nice and Bright

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