Knowing the rough route the flypast was due to take, I wandered over to Shoreditch to photograph the flypast from a more unusual location.
Even though it is used for professional filming, the security guard refused to let me onto the roof of the NCP multi-story car park in Shoreditch, as his boss had apparently got annoyed about people using it to take photos of the skyline.
Boo, hiss.
So I ended up hanging around by a patch of derelict land, which lacking tall buildings meant I got more sky than usual for that part of town, albeit less sky than I had hoped for.
Two C130 aircraft provided by RAF Lyneham escorted by two King Air provided by RAF Cranwell.
One Chinook and two Puma helicopters provided by Joint Helicopter Command from RAF Odiham and RAF Benson.
Two C130 aircraft provided by RAF Lyneham escorted by two King Air provided by RAF Cranwell.
Two Typhoon provided by RAF Leuchars and two Tornado GR4 provided by RAF Marham.
Red Arrows over Shoreditch
I suspect they might be speeding
Red Arrows over Shoreditch
Great shots, thanks for sharing
Thanks – nice to see we weren’t too far out of formation!
IX(B) Sqn, RAF Marham
We were in Temple Square and had a great view of the fly past. Thanks to you we can now label our photographs with the correct name. However, there were two white planes that flew over before the red arrows-name please.
Hazel, The fifth element you mention consisted of two HS-125 provided by RAF Northolt.
Full details here.
Here’s a picture showing an example of the HS125s operated from RAF Northolt that featured as a pair in the Queen’s Birthday Flypast:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ZE395-125-1784.jpg
The two small white aircraft accompanying the two Lockheed Hercules were Beechcraft Super King Airs, as illustrated here:
http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=168781&size=m