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Part 2 - Tornados & Jaguars come out at night, an evening with RAF 238 Sqn at RAF Cosford, 17th January 2017

About this event

SECOND DATE ADDED TO COVER DEMAND

Please book early if you didn't manage to get a ticket for the first evening. There will NOT be a third date! 

For anyone now wishing to book both dates you can receive a £10.00 discount for booking both days, email us for the code. 

info@timelineevents.org

We will be moving the airframes into different positions for the second session, so anyone booking both days will have different opportunities on both days.

All other information is the same - 

We are honored and extremely pleased to bring you another opportunity at RAF Cosford, an afternoon and evening of exclusive photography with the ex frontline GR1 Tornados and Jaguars of the RAF. With special thanks to the RAF we are able to offer an opportunity to capture these wonderful aircraft that are still kept in tip top condition in and around their hangars at RAF Cosford.

For this event we are proud to say that all profits will be going to the Jon Egging Trust.

The Jaguars being ground-attack aircraft which was the result of a major UK/France collaborative programme, which followed agreement of a joint Anglo- French requirement in 1965. Entering active service at the height of the Coldwar these versatile aircraft saw active service around the world during their time as the RAF’s main attack aircraft. The Jaguar’s went on to replace the RAF’s Phantom aircraft and in 2003 celebrated 30 years of service. The Jaguars would then carry on in active service for another 4 years before ultimately being replaced by the Eurofighter Typhoon. Rather than sell off or scrap these iconic aircraft the RAF moved around 100 of them to RAF Cosford where they have successfully continued to play a major part in supporting RAF’s second to none training and engineering programmes.

The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin engine, variable sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft. The Tornado was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace , MBB of West Germany, and Aeritalia of Italy. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and was introduced into service in 1979–1980. Due to its multipole design, it was able to replace several different fleets of aircraft in the adopting air forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) became the only export operator of the Tornado in addition to the three original partner nations. A tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a level of international co-operation beyond the production stage.

Our evening will see around 10 airframes participate in our shoot, these will include Single Seat, Twin Seat, Camouflaged, Grey, and of course ‘Spotty Jag’ XX119. Our session at RAF Cosford will start around 14.30 allowing us to be in place and ready for sunset. Then as the sun sets we will be turning on our lights and adding further dimensions to the shoot with the addition of personnel, ground equipment and one or two other surprises to keep you shooting into the evening.  As a major part of these aircraft's role is now supporting the RAF’s Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering we will include some cameo’s inside one of the vast hangars at RAF Cosford adding further to this unique opportunity.

We expect this shoot to be very popular, especially as 2016 marked the end of ground running for the Jaguar fleet at RAF Cosford so we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment. 

There will be food and drinks available throughout the evening thanks to the RAF’s airside catering team.

Event cost £65.00 per person.

All images are courtesy of Neil Atterbury. 

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