more bloomin' planes from me

I know, I've posted a couple of threads recently so please turn off now if I'm boring you but I had a good night yesterday and know some of you will be interested. My 100-400 took a very rare day off to be replaced on the G7 by the 14-140 which performed admirably.  All taken at RAF Northolt yesterday The full set at this link

https://goo.gl/photos/ECDNTfuFsH2nrNLX6

This first Tornado shot with the (100-400 before I switched) is number 34 from a continuous batch of 35 starting 2000m away at touchdown until this one when it was stopping, still about 500m away and turning off the runway.  Unusually for me I switched to CAF for the set and I threw away three out of focus shots from the batch.  Not bad.  For this type of shooting at least the G7 seems adequate for my needs.

OK not the sharpest shot of the London Air Ambulance you will ever see  but consider this, this is the 14-140 at full stretch and ISO6400.  I never do ISO6400 but in fast disappearing light there was no way I could capture this any lower.

Light nearly gone and we are on the tripod now, this a very rare French Army Pilatus PC6 Porter.  Not much wrong on the IQ from the G7 and 14-140 there

Another French army representative, excellent tiger schemed Gazelle, once again, I am very pleased with IQ

The special schemed, Tornado that was landing in number one above, stunning looking in the darkness 2 second exposure

same again but this time 25 second exposure adds a bit more drama

How do you get 40 RAF Regiment band members to stand still long enough to capture them in the dark,.  Up the ISO again only to ISO1600 now, (floodlighting is kicking in) and increase the shutter speed to 1/2 second.

C130K special colours to mark 100th anniversary of 47 squadron

Another 25 second exposure, this time RAF Hawk.  Exposure time to a certain extent controls sky colour.

And finally a Polish AF PZL130 Orlik, a very unusual beast