😎 VC-10 meets DC-10 at the Fairford International Air Tattoo 1985

The Military Collection - Transports
From a collection of some 430 Military slides that I've had scanned from my archives. Hope they will provide some enjoyment and nostalgia from a bygone age.

Seen from the top deck of a photo-bus, the contrasting forms of 84-0192 KC-10A Extender of 2BW USAF and vintage ZA149 Vickers VC-10 K-3 tanker - one time 5X-UVJ of East African Airways. There was a fantastic line-up of aircraft at the IAT in 1985. Also in shot - NATO Boeing E-3A Sentry LX-N90447 and one of the 14 KC-135 Stratotankers that were present that day!

The International Air Tattoo events held at RAF Greenham Common & RAF Fairford
The first Air Tattoo was staged at North Weald Airfield in Essex in 1971, with just over 100 aircraft taking part. The event was founded by Paul Bowen and Timothy Prince, who were CAA air traffic controllers, and Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling.

From 1973 to 1983 it was held intermittently at RAF Greenham Common, moving to RAF Fairford in 1985. The show took place at Fairford every two years until it became an annual show from 1993.

initially the show was held under the title of the Royal Air Forces Association, South Eastern Area, Air Tattoo. The show became the International Air Tattoo in 1976, and in 1996 the current Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) title was adopted.

Taken using a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and standard lens. From an original slide, scanned with no digital restoration.

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Taken in: UK / England / Cotswold District / Kempsford (show map)

Taken on: July 13, 1985

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