British Army Apaches!

^^Gord^^

^^Gord^^

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I've never had a lot of luck shooting the WAH-64D Longbow Apache of the Army Air Corp.

I missed them by a day at RAF Coningsby, missed them by an hour at RAF Cottesmore and watched them fly past me whilst I was in the car!

This all changed Thursday when I spent an afternoon at Wattisham Airfield, the home of the British Army's two Apache Regiments (3 and 4 Regiment AAC).

Here is a selection of photos from the day. I've taken loads and I've had a tough time picking a selection to post.

As per usual I've added them to my site...

http://www.fast-air.co.uk/British-Army-Apaches-Wattisham-080918.htm

There is a few different photos on there and also a link to my full selection from the day.

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For those who know there Falklands conflict history, here is Bravo November, the only Chinook to survive the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor.

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Nice photos. Ive been doing building work on a house near Wattisham Airfield and love watching them fly over , problem is there so low, which means i never get much of a warning to get my camera ready for them.
 
fantastic photos gord :cool: i see the longbow most weeks as theres always one at augusta for service/checks, but as im working never get to shoot one :(


awsome machines.
 
Great photos Gord, you certainly get to see some very cool stuff close up! How many Apaches do the AAC have?

Also on a side note, I was hoping to find some older photo's I am sure you posted earlier in the year from the Loop, but I don't see them on your website. The one I particulary remember was one of a Hawk looking as if it had just entered a steep climb and was coming right up to you, with a farm in the background. It looked very purposeful, like it was escaping a bomb drop on the farm!
 
Cheers guys.

mark66 said:
Great photos Gord, you certainly get to see some very cool stuff close up! How many Apaches do the AAC have?

Also on a side note, I was hoping to find some older photo's I am sure you posted earlier in the year from the Loop, but I don't see them on your website. The one I particulary remember was one of a Hawk looking as if it had just entered a steep climb and was coming right up to you, with a farm in the background. It looked very purposeful, like it was escaping a bomb drop on the farm!
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The British Army purchased 67 Apaches.

The photo you want is this one....

http://www.g0rd.com/gallery2/v/Planes/LowFly/Wales7/IMG_3199.jpg.html

www.g0rd.com is my image library, it contains almost all of my old stuff and photos that don't make it onto my fast-air.co.uk site.

binaryknight said:
excelent photos as always :-)

im sure its been asked before but how do you get access to the hangars etc?
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Anyway I can is the answer! :D

Mostly it's organised via an aviation group; Cottesmore Aviation Group for this one.
 
Nice shots, Griffy, the troops waiting to get on to the Chinook are they Canadian soldiers before Cadpat was introduced ?
 
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