F-35A and friends RIAT 2016

Awesome shots! Daft Q but are those bumps (two in front of the rear tail and one near center of the underside) radar reflectors so it shows up on primary radar?

smr · 11 Jul 2016 at 22:12

VaderDSL said:
Awesome shots! Daft Q but are those bumps (two in front of the rear tail and one near center of the underside) radar reflectors so it shows up on primary radar?

Thanks! Not sure about the radar reflectors.

xaldub · 12 Jul 2016 at 07:40

Great series of photos - wish I had been there.

smr · 12 Jul 2016 at 11:38

xaldub said:
Great series of photos - wish I had been there.

Thanks! It was my first time there. Absolutely loved it even though the weather could have been a bit better. At least it wasn't raining all day though!

Eddie182 · 12 Jul 2016 at 15:06

Great photos, really makes me want a longer (and sharper) lens, the 70-300 just isn't enough, especially for the fast jets.

Here are mine from Saturday, out of just over 300 shots, these are all I found useable.

Eddie182 · 12 Jul 2016 at 15:08

VaderDSL said:
Daft Q but are those bumps (two in front of the rear tail and one near center of the underside) radar reflectors so it shows up on primary radar?

Yes they are.

snips86x · 12 Jul 2016 at 15:09

Steve M said:
150-600mm F5-6.3 DG.

Click the photos, take you into flickr with all the info in there.

smr said:
Thanks! Yep as Steve said, 150-600 Sigma.

haha, I was going to ask the same question. Seriously good set of images there and that lens is stunning and incredibly sharp

smr · 12 Jul 2016 at 17:23

Thanks guys, Eddie, if you do get one you'll love it. I'm in love with mine!

A vid of the F22-A Raptor (turn your speakers up) :cool:

Sig226 · 13 Jul 2016 at 19:33

all pics are lovely !.... and nice to see the Typhoon is finally carrying 'Brimstone' !

smr · 13 Jul 2016 at 22:01

Sig226 said:
all pics are lovely !.... and nice to see the Typhoon is finally carrying 'Brimstone' !

Thx! Yeah nice to see it somewhat loaded

Jed Shields · 18 Jul 2016 at 19:21

Great shots. Where were you positioned?

Steve M · 18 Jul 2016 at 20:19

Extremely impressive stuff.

Thaifood · 18 Jul 2016 at 20:43

Amazing sets of photos

smr · 20 Jul 2016 at 22:07

Jed Shields said:
Great shots. Where were you positioned?

Thanks! In the Green zone.

Steve M said:
Extremely impressive stuff.

Thaifood said:
Amazing sets of photos

Thanks guys! Appreciate the kind words.

Cosimo · 22 Jul 2016 at 08:49

Great set of photos! :cool:

smr · 29 Jul 2016 at 10:26

Cosimo said:
Great set of photos!

Thanks