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de Havilland Tiger Moth DH.71 G-ECDX at the Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show. The de Havilland Tiger Moth. No, not that Tiger Moth; this is the DH.71, or more specifically, a replica completed in 2024, after three decades' work.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Flying Comrades at the Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show. Opening the air display at the Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show were The Flying Comrades, a team going from strength to strength with an ever more polished and impressive routine, and travelling far and wide to display.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A selection from the Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show on Sunday, a very unique show blessed with lovely weather.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sally B at the Clacton Air Show. Boeing B-17G-105-VE Flying Fortress 44-85784 'Sally B' was delivered to the United States Army Air Forces on 19 June 1945. Delivered too late to see combat during the war, Sally B instead saw service as a training TB-17G.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina G-PBYA at the Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show 2024. G-PBYA carries the markings of USAAF OA-10A Catalina 44-33915 'Miss Pick Up' of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron based at Halesworth, Suffolk, during the war.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Noorduyn Harvard IIB FE511 / G-CIUW of Hurricane Heritage at the West London Aero Club airfield, White Waltham, a couple weeks ago. This aircraft also served with the Swedish Air Force as an Sk 16A, 16128.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Firebirds Display Team at the Clacton Air Show.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Been trying to nail a shot like this for years, think this might be my best effort yet!

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

General Motors FM-2 Wildcat G-RUMW at the Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show. G-RUMW wears the markings of JV579, a Fleet Air Arm Wildcat V assigned to HMS Tracker in 1944, complete with D-Day invasion stripes.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fokker Dr.1 425/17 at the Stow Maries Air Show Fokker Dr.1 Replica G-DREI was built in 2017 and was flown at Stow Maries as part of the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust display segment. The aircraft depicts the one flown by Manfred von Richthofen at the time he was shot down and killed on 21 April 1918.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Bristol Scout Type C Replica 1264 at the Stow Maries Air Show. This aircraft is a replica of the Bristol Scout Type C flown by Flight Sub Lieutenant 'Bunnie' Bremner. The restored replica flew for the first time in 2015 and is the only example of a Bristol Scout flying today.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Replica Albatross D.Va G-WAHT at the Stow Maries Air Show. This aircraft is marked as D.2263 of the Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 23 of the Luftstreitkräfte, flown by that unit's commander, Otto Kissenberth.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX G-CGZU / LZ842 at the Stow Maries Air Show. This example served in the Mediterranean theatre, supporting the Allied Invasion of Sicily and later escorting bombing raids over Italy.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I don't want to comment on what I saw, but you should be proud of your commentator and volunteers, who remained calm and professional. I'm sure the whole Stow Maries family and the air show community beyond will look after each other. Thank you all.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Vought F4U-4 Corsair OE-EAS at the Duxford Summer Air Show. This Corsair was built in 1945 and served with the United States Navy as 96995 until 1959. It saw service with the Honduran Air Force as FAH-614, including during the Football War.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

North American B-25J Mitchell N6123C at the Duxford Summer Air Show. This B-25 was built as a B-25J-35-NC Mitchell numbered 44-86893, which was built in 1945 and flew with Air Transport Command until 1947. It was modified to an ETB-25K before finally being withdrawn in 1957.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Avro Vulcan B.2 XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum. XM603 was built at Woodford in 1963 and served with the Royal Air Force until 1982, when it was withdrawn and returned to Woodford. It was refurbished into as-built condition and repainted into anti-flash white livery.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

North American Rockwell OV-10B Bronco, G-ONAA / 99+18 of the Bronco Demo Team, displaying at the Duxford Summer Air Show. This aircraft is based in Belgium and was one of 18 that served with the Luftwaffe as a target tug, with this example serving from 1971 to 1991.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Douglas C-41A N341A at the Duxford Summer Air Show. This aircraft was initially built as a DC-3A-253A before being delivered to the USAAC, numbered 40-0070 in 1939. It was the second DC-3 to be delivered into military service and served as a VIP transport for Maj. Gen. Henry 'Hap' Arnold.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Patrulla Quijote at the Duxford Summer Air Show. This Spanish display team flies a pair of ex-Portuguese Air Force Reims-Cessna FTB-337G Super Skymasters (EC-IPL, ex-13719 & EC-MYM, ex-13723). They represent Cessna O-2A Skymasters flown by the 19th TASS during the Vietnam War.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Piper L-4H 43-29707 at the Duxford Summer Air Show. 43-29707 was operated by the United States Army Air Force. Following the war, it was registered in France as F-BDTG and then as G-BFBY from 1977.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Piper L-4H Grasshopper 44-79897 at the Duxford Summer Air Show. 44-79897 was built in 1944 and saw service with the United States Army Air Force. Following the war, it was registered in Belgium as OO-ADJ until 1988 and then in the UK as G-BOXJ.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Piper L-4J Grasshopper 44-80480 at the Duxford Summer Air Show 44-80480 was built in 1944 and served with the United States Army Air Force. It was registered in France following the war as F-BCPT and then in the UK as G-BKHG.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Royal Jordanian Falcons at the Duxford Summer Air Show. The four-ship Royal Jordanian Falcons flying the Extra EA300LC was founded in 1976 at the request of King Hussein of Jordan. The pilots from the team are selected from the Royal Jordanian Air Force.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Sally B at the Duxford Summer Air Show. In connection with USA 250, Sally B has been adorned with the D of the 100th Bomb Group USAAF, and flew with one of the Bloody Hundredth's' KC-135R Stratotankers, on the Saturday of the Air Show; unfortunately, I was there on the Sunday.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc MH434 at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. Arguably, the world's most famous Spitfire, The Old Flying Machine Company's Spitfire LF.IXc MH434, in the markings of 222 Squadron based at RAF Hornchurch in Essex, as piloted by South African Flt Lt Henry Lardner-Burke.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Lockheed F-5G-6-LO Lightning N25Y at the Duxford Summer Air Show. This aircraft was built as a P-38L-5-LO Lightning, numbered 44-53254 and converted to an F-5G-6-LO the following year. It was acquired by The Flying Bulls in the mid-2000s.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally making its Duxford debut, FUBAR Aviation's PZL-Mielec LIM-5 1121. 1121 was built by PZL-Mielec in 1958. The Lim-5 is a license-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F. Now registered SP-MIL, the Lim-5 returned to flight earlier this year.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Class 302 at the Mangapps August Bank Holiday Gala 2024. Mangapps is home to both of the surviving AM2 cars, DTSOs 75033 (302201) and 75250 (302227). Both are painted into BR blue and are used as hauled stock at the museum, as shown here, with a Class 03, 03089 providing the power.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Douglas Dakota IV KP208 at Merville Barracks, Colchester. This aircraft was built by Douglas at Oklahoma City in 1945 as a C-47B-35-DK Skytrain registered with the USAAF 44-77087. It was registered with the RAF as KP208. It is marked as KG374, an aircraft lost during Operation Market Garden.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Seen here at the top of the steep incline that leads out of Chelmsford Recp is 66413. This Class 66/4 was built by EMD in 2006 and served with Direct Rail Services until 2011, when it passed on to Freightliner.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Class 309 Battery Driving Trailer Composite vehicle 75965 is seen here in 2024 in the early stages of repainting into Network Southeast livery. The remainder of the vehicle is seen wearing Realtrack livery and branding from its last period of service as a Class 960 departmental unit.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The East Anglian Railway Museum's Class 04 Shunter, D2279. Built in 1960 by RSH, and first allocated to the Southern Region before transferring to Colchester. In 1973, the locomotive moved to Chappel, where it has served for many years on shunting duties and passenger services at the EARM.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Peckett & Sons 0-4-0ST 'Jeffrey' at the East Anglian Railway Museum. Jeffrey was built by Peckett & Sons in 1943 as works number 2039. It is an M5 Class locomotive, and last worked in service in 1962 at the Glenwydd Iron Foundry in Ironbridge. It moved to the EARM in June 1981.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Sikorsky UH-60V Black Hawk 94-26566 is seen here landing ahead of the Farnborough International Airport in 2024. It was built as a UH-60L Black Hawk and is in service with Company A "Aces", 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment with the US Army, based at Wiesbaden Army Airfield.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian 22-03486 here landing at Farnborough Airport ahead of the Farnborough International Air Show 2024. It entered service by the beginning of the year. It is in service with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Boeing CH-47F Chinook 15-08178 landing ahead of the Farnborough International Air Show 2024. It was in service by 2017, and serves with Company B "Big Windy", 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, US Army and is based at Katterbach Army Airfield in Germany.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner A7-BHQ landing at Farnborough. A7-BHQ was built in 2023 and delivered to Qatar Airways that year. It is seen here landing at Farnborough Airport ahead of the Farnborough International Air Show 2024.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Let L-410UVP-E20 Turbolet 2818 landing at Farnborough. This Let L-410UVP-E20 is in service with the Slovak Air Force. 2818 is in service with 46. Krídlo Kuchyna, which operates four L-410UVP-E20. It is seen here landing ahead of the Farnborough International Air Show in 2024.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Westland Scout AH.1 XT626 arriving at Farnborough. XT626 was built by Westland and Yeovil in 1964, and served until withdrawal in the 1980s. After retirement, XT626 continued to fly with what is now known as the Historic Army Aircraft Flight and was registered G-CIBW in 2015.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

de Havilland Canada Beaver AL.1 XP820 landing at Farnborough. XP820 was delivered to the British Army in 1961 and saw service in the Far East and Northern Ireland. It joined the Historic Army Aircraft Flight after withdrawal in 1989 and was registered G-CICP in 2013.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Rallycross 90s Supercars at the Lydden Legend Festival

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Sud Aviation Alouette AH.2 XR232 at the Army Flying Museum. XR232 was built in 1960 and is wearing United Nations peacekeeping markings, as it did in service in Cyprus with 16 Flight AAC. It retired in 1992 and joined the collection at the Army Flying Museum.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Liam Doran's Ford RS200, Phillippe Tollemer's Peugeot 205 T16 Evo2 and David Halford's Audi Quattro S1 E2 running in a Rallycross Group B race at the Lydden Legend Festival.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

English Electric Lightning T.5 XS420 at the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum. XS420 first flew in 1965 and served with 226 OCU at RAF Coltishall until transferring to the Lightning Training Flight at RAF Binbrook in 1983, before retiring in 1987.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

GAF Jindivik ZJ496 at the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum. Government Aircraft Factories Jindivik 104A ZJ496, though previously carried the Australian registration A92-901. This target aircraft flew 12 sorties as a target drone and is now on display on its original launch trailer.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sud Aviation SA 330E Puma XW241 at the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum. XW241 first flew in 1968, and was a pre-production Alouette IV. It was upgraded to an SA 330E Puma and delivered to Westland, who would produce the model as the Westland Puma HC.1, using XW241 as a pattern airframe.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Auster AOP.V TJ569 at the Army Flying Museum. TJ569 was built in 1945 and saw service with 652, 659 and 660 Sqns, then part of the RAF as air observation post units working with the Army. The aircraft is completed with D-Day invasion stripes.

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Sam Foulger @tank621.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Britten-Norman Islander AL.1 ZG993 was built in 1988 and registered G-BOMD for testing before delivery to the Army in 1990. This aircraft is aveteran of the Gulf War, Balkans and Northern Ireland, flying in service until 2010, before being transported to the Army Flying Museum in 2015.

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