Aviation Photography - Northolt Night Photoshoot X, Northolt 2011


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Night Photoshoot IX

Night Photoshoot X
RAF Northolt
October 6, 2011

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The third night photoshoot of the year organised by Phillip Dawe was one of the best, the Sécurité Civile Conair Turbo Firecat (Grumman Tracker) that had been billed for a number of previous events had finally made it to Northolt.

On arrival I was told of the list of aircraft that had cancelled at last minute, my first thought was at least the Tracker had arrived. The Belgian and German Sea Kings and the Polish Mil-14 were those that had not materialised. Having attended a number of the Northolt photoshoots it was only to be expected that some of the billed aircraft would not turn up. As can be seen from the images below there was still a wide range of aircraft attending and the organisers for once were not reliant on the based 32(TR) Squadron they remained in their hangar all evening.
Night photography adds a dimension to the images which is further enhanced when movement is involved. Propeller or rotary powered aircraft provide the extra dimension of movement and all the non-jet guest aircraft at the nightshoot each in turn was started up the aircrew.
More money was raised for the fund to restore the Battle of Britain Op's Room at this former World War Two (WW2) fighter base thanks to the hard work Phillip Dawe put into making this event a very enjoyable one.

Grumman US-2B Tracker converted as Conair Turbo Firecat (F-ZBEW 'T 11') a water bomber of the Sécurité Civile based at Marseille - Provence.

Left to right: Grumman US-2B Tracker converted as Conair Turbo Firecat (F-ZBEW '11' ex USN 136712) a water bomber of the Sécurité Civile based at Marseille - Provence. It is inscribed 'Miss T11' on the nose.

Left to right: Grumman US-2B Tracker converted as Conair Turbo Firecat (F-ZBEW '11').

Bell 212HP AH.1 (ZK067) of 671 Squadron.

Left to right: Bell 212HP AH.1 (ZK067) of formally 25 Flight BATSUB (British Army Training Unit Belize), 671 Squadron now based at Middle Wallop.

Aérospatiale AS-555AN Fennec (5391 '67-VA') of EH 03.067, that's some exhaust!

Left to right: Aérospatiale AS-555AN Fennec (5391 '67-VA') of EH 03.067 'Parisis' Armée de l'Air based at BA107 Villacoublay

Left to right: AS-555AN Fennec (5391 '67-VA') of EH 03.067

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet (E153 '705-RU')

Left to right: French Air Force Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet (E153 '705-RU') of the Advanced Jet Training School (AJeTS) EAC 00.314 from Tours-St.Symphorien (BA 705).

Eurocopter EC.135 (271) from the 302 Squadron, Irish Air Corps,
the pilot is wearing Night Vision Goggles (NVG) and hence the warning that photographers should not use flash.

Left to right: Eurocopter EC.135 (271) from the 302 Squadron (Army Support Squadron), Irish Air Corps based at at Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnel) near Dublin.

Westland Sea King HAR.3 (XZ595 'K') of 'C' Flight 22 Squadron based at RAF Valley.

Left to right: Westland Sea King HAR.3 (XZ595 'K') of 'C' Flight 22 Squadron based at RAF Valley. It is inscribed '1941-2011 RAF SAR 70 - 70 years of life saving'. This is one of five Sea Kings shared with 203(R) Squadron, the Operational Conversion Unit.

Left to right: Sea King HAR.3 (XZ595 'K')

Left to right: BAE 125 CC.2 (ZD620) of 32(TR) Squadron.

Left to right: BAE 125 CC.2 (ZD704) of 32(TR) Squadron. Agusta A.109E Power Elite (ZR322 and ZR323) operated by 32(TR) Squadron in the VIP transport role.

Left to right: BAE 146 CC.2 (ZE701) of 32(TR) Squadron.