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South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM)
St Athan
February 4, 2023
This, the third Threshold night shoot at the South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) was held in cloudy conditions. So really the best photography started when it became quite dark.
These images were taken in a range of lighting conditions most using a tripod, some as a single exposure others were taken using multiple images and HDR. A few were taken using light 'painting' with a small torch when most photographer's had departed.
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Westland Wessex HAS.3 (XM833).
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Left to right: Westland Wessex HAS.3 (XM833) ex Royal Navy and North East Land Sea & Air Museum (NELSAM).
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Left to right: Westland Wessex HAS.3 (XM833).
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Left to right: Westland Wessex HAS.3 (XM833).
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Phantom FG.1 (XV582) known as 'Black Mike' when with 111 Squadron.
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Left to right: Phantom FG.1 (XV582) known as 'Black Mike' when with 111 Squadron, it is now in the care of the British Phantom Aviation Group (BPAG).
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Left to right: Phantom FG.1 (XV582 'M') in 111 Squadron markings it is better known as 'Black Mike' is arguably the most famous RAF Phantom. On February 24, 1988 XV582, set a world record for the fastest time flight from Land's End to John O'Groats, completed in just 46 minutes and 44 seconds at an average speed of 772.19 mph.
Last flown in 1992, the aircraft was retained as a Battle Damage Repair Training and station mascot airframe at RAF Leuchars. When the base closed in 2013, XV582 faced scrapping, but determined efforts by several groups, including the British Phantom Aviation Group, ensured she was saved for preservation.
In 2017 XV582 was dismantled and transported by road to RAF Cosford, where she starred in the RAF Cosford Airshow in 2018 marking the Royal Air Force's centenary. Later that year she was moved to the South Wales Aviation Museum to be maintained by a team of volunteers with the British Phantom Aviation Group (BPAG).
As photographed in; 2018 at Cosford and 2002 at RAF Leuchars.
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Panavia Tornado GR.1 (ZA326) formally with the ETPS.
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Left to right: Panavia Tornado GR.1 (ZA326) formally with the ETPS and now with the Panavia Tornado Preservation Group.
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Left to right: Tornado GR.1 (ZA326) formally with the ETPS.
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Left to right: Tornado GR.1 (ZA326) formally with the ETPS.
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Left to right: Tornado GR.4 (ZA612) in 'RAF 100' anniversary tail markings, gifted to the museum in July 2021.
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Westland Lynx SH-14D (272) ex Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy).
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Left to right: Westland Lynx SH-14D (272) ex Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) arrived at museum in August 2022.
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Avro Shackleton MR.3 (WR974 'K' later 8117M).
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Left to right: Avro Shackleton MR.3 (WR974 'K' later 8117M), to Gatwick Aviation Museum in 1989, Bruntingthorpe in 2014, arrived SWAM in July 2020.
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Jet Provost T.5A (XW436 '68' later 9148M) in 1 FTS markings.
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Left to right: British Aircraft Corporation Jet Provost T.5A (XW436 '68' later 9148M) in 1 FTS markings.
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Jet Provost T.5A (XW320 '71' later 9015M).
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Left to right: Jet Provost T.5A (XW320 '71' later 9015M).
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Left to right: Jet Provost T.5A (XW420 '83' later 9194M) in 1 FTS markings.
Hunting Jet Provost T.4 (XP672 '03' registered G-RAFI) in 79 Squadron markings.
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Folland Gnat T.1 (XP534 painted 'XR993') ex Red Arrows.
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Left to right: Folland Gnat T.1 (XP534 painted 'XR993') ex Red Arrows.
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Left to right: Hawker Hunter T.7 (XL573 registered G-BVGH). It was previously with Barry Pover's Classic Jet Aircraft Co when it was registered G-BVGH (Barry's Very Good Hunter).
Prototype BAe Sea Harrier FRS.2 (ZA195 '710') ex 899 NAS Royal Navy.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (54439 'WI') ex Armee de l Air, to RAF Sculthorpe in 1978, USAF loaned to Sunderland Air Museum and then on to SWAM in January 2020.
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Percival Sea Prince T.1 (WP321 registered G-BRFC).
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Left to right: de Havilland Sea Devon (XK895 registered G-SDEV) built in 1956 for the Royal Navy.
Westland Sea King HC.4 (ZG822 'WS').