South Wales Aviation Museum Night-shoot 2023
South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM)
St Athan
February 8, 2025
Another Threshold night-shoot at the South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) was again 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 using a tripod, most as a single exposure with just one 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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Left to right: Jaguar GR.1 (XX727 'ER' and 8951M). It was transferred to the South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) in May 2023 from DCAE Cosford.
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Left to right: Buccaneer S.2B (XX889 'T') was delivered to the Royal Air Force in 1975 for 16 Squadron based at Laarbruch. it participated in the Gulf War in early 1991, being painted in Alkali Removable Temporary Finish (ARTF), known as desert pink. Retired in April 1994 it was put into storage at RAF St Athan prior to disposal. Moved to Bruntingthorpe in May 2011, on loan to The Buccaneer Aviation Group. In 2018 it was returned to RAF Cosford. In February 2023, XX889 moved to SWAM.
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Left to right: Gloster Meteor T.7 (WF784 later 7895M). Built by Glosters at Hucclecote in 1951, retired as the gate guard of 7 Maintenance Unit RAF Quedgeley from 1965. Moved to the Jet Age Museum, Staverton Airport in 1996 following an auction (£1,200) and then SWAM in 2021, restored and repainted 2024.
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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.4 (ZA612) in 'RAF 100' anniversary tail markings, gifted to the museum in July 2021.
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Left to right: Prototype BAe Sea Harrier FRS.2 (ZA195 '710') ex 899 NAS Royal Navy.
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Left to right: de Havilland Vampire T.11 (XE956 painted XD601 registered G-OBLN). Delivered to the RAF in 1955 initially serving with 67 Squadron at Bruggen. Retired in 1971. Sold in 1992 to de Havilland Aviation and moved to Bridgend, Pencoed and Rochester. By 2018 it was at St Athan before it was purchased for SWAM in May 2022.
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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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Left to right: Jet Provost T.5A (XW320 '71' later 9015M).
Avro Shackleton MR.3 (WR974 'K' later 8117M), to Gatwick Aviation Museum in 1989, Bruntingthorpe in 2014 and arrived SWAM in July 2020.
with Jet Provost T.5A (XW420 '83' later 9194M) in 1 FTS markings.
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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Left to right: Percival Sea Prince T.1 (WP321 registered G-BRFC).
Percival Provost T.1 (XF690 registered G-BGKA, G-MOOS) arrived from Yeovilton in December 2023.
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Left to right: Westland Wessex HAS.3 (XM833) ex Royal Navy and previously with the North East Land Sea & Air Museum (NELSAM).
Westland WS-61 Commando Mk2C (SL-01, QA23, G-17-26) ex Qatar Emiri Air Force/Qatar Royal Flight and later donated to Sierra Leone Defence Force, it arrived at St Athan from storage at Lee-on-Solent on May 11, 2023.