Army Air Corps AS365 ZJ785 low level past Wiseman's Bridge, Pembrokeshire, Wales yesterday morning

Standing on the deck of a cruise ship in Southampton dock and was fortunate to catch N685GD, a rather smart Gulfstream GVII-G600, taking off from Southampton Eastleigh airport a few miles away on its way to Milan #aviation #aircraft #avgeeks

Condor sent their last Boeing 757 to St Athan for scrapping a couple of weeks ago. Here it is passing over Cardiff Bay on approach to DGX in some beautiful weather #aviation #aircraft #avgeeks

A visit to CWL/EGFF this morning to see a pretty rare type - globally only 32 active frames - ADAC Dornier 328 Jet D-BADC. Fantastic sight and sound and well worth the visit and now the third 328 Jet frame I've seen.

A little distant but managed a half decent shot of RCH1816 C5M 86-0012 at FL350 just to the south of Cardiff

Emirates B777 A6-EQE overhead Cardiff at FL350 MIA-DXB around midday today

KlasJet B737 LY-CHF overhead my house at 3500' on approach to CWL earlier this afternoon #avgeeks #planespotting #aviation

RAF A400 ZM420 TRUSK62 catching the rising sun as it returned to BZZ overhead Cardiff at FL100 early this morning. It had been carrying out beach landings at Pembrey overnight

Don't often see RAF Typhoons overhead Cardiff, so nice to get XK364 RIGID011 and ZJ949 RIGID012 heading south on exercise this morning at FL350

NetJet's Global 6000 N164QS descending through FL220 overhead Cardiff TEB-NHT and catching the rays of the setting sun #planespotting #aviation #avgeek

Welcome to Wales @stevenomadic.bsky.social must have had a great view as you came in this morning. Any particular reason for the little twizzle at 19000' over Abbeville? A few shots of you turning on to final approach to DGX overhead Cardiff Bay

Got to go all the way back to August 2019 when I last saw an Etihad A380 overhead Cardiff Bay. Thank goodness it was early morning, the air was reasonably clear: A6-APG AUH-JFK FL340 #aviation #planespotting #avgeek

G650ER M-BIZZ looking rather gorgeous against the blue sky overhead my house at 7500' on its approach to CWL from DUB this morning

RAF A400M ZM405 returned late afternoon for another couple of approaches at DGX. I missed the first but it lines up nicely 2nd time around heading towards the setting sun #aviation #aviationphotography #militaryaviation

It flew over my house yesterday a couple of times when it was in low cloud, so lovely to catch RAF A400M ZM405 'PALMTREE 46' overhead my house in blue sky today at about 3000' BZZ-DGX on a training flight #aviation #aviationphotography

A slightly incongruous visitor to Cardiff airport (arrived on the 7th) here departing for PMI on the next leg of its delivery flight to Indonesia! #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting

And there we are Jet2's last B757 overhead my house at 4000' on its final flight MAN-DGX just after midday. Shame about the grey skies but thought I was going to miss out as the wind's from east

My mistake there were still 2 to come after G-LSAE's flight into DGX last week. Today G-LSAK bade farewell with its final flight from MAN-DGX, caught here at 4000' overhead Cardiff Bay just lining up for final approach. G-LSAI should follow mid-week

A few times a year my house happens to be in just the right place to catch aircraft coming into Cardiff Airport from North America. This afternoon it was the rather lovely Gulfstream G650ER N2425J #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting #bizjet

Another 757 bites the dust, Jet2's G-LSAE on its final flight MAN-DGX, passing over Cardiff Bay at 3000'. G-LSAE and G-LSAI were the last ones in commercial passenger service in the UK. The latter should come into DGX over the next few days. #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting

Taken about 20 minutes after sunset this evening at iso3200, the aircraft was still catching a bit of sun which seems to have resulted in some weird colours on it. Lockheed C5M 85-0003 RCH4025 overhead my house at FL370 #aviationphotography #aviation #planespotting

This is @stevenomadic.bsky.social overhead my house at about 3000' on approach to DGX. Rubbish photo by my standards but it was dark and iso 16000 only gave me 1/30 shutter speed, not ideal when handholding a 600mm lens

In view of the Canadian CF18 team not displaying for the forseeable here are a couple of shots from RIAT - 1st in 2018 then 2024 #aviationphotography #aviation #airshows #planespotting

Some lovely evening light catching European Cargo's A340-600 G-ECLN URC-CWL, over my house at 7000' today #aviationphotography #planespotting #aviation

Not as rare as the Asiana cargo B747 I photographed yesterday but always good getting a view this clear of an A380 going overhead. On this occasion Emirates' A6-EVN IAH-DXB FL370 this morning #aviation #planespotting #aviationphotography

Had a look at @flightradar24.com, despite it being cloudy, and there was Asiana Cargo B747 HL7413 just west of Cardiff JFK-BRU at FL330. Couldn't believe it when I glanced outside and there was actually a break in the cloud overhead! #aviationphotography #aviation #planespotting #avgeek

Here's USMC MC-130J 169225 departing as RANGER81 delivering ejector seats for servicing to Cambridge, UK back in 2023 (on the same day as the USAF HC-130J) #photography #militaryaviation #aviation

Since Global Trek Aviation set up an FBO at Cardiff Airport in 2019 we've had a good number of US military aircraft stopping over on their flights to and from the US - which has obviously been great. Here's HC-130J 16-5873 departing as KING73 back in 2023 #photography #militaryaviation #avgeeks

Had a spell of a few years where, after some changes to routing C17s and C5s were regular overhead Cardiff. Sadly, a couple of years ago the routings changed again and now they've gone back to being rarities 😒Here's a C5 69-0024 overhead Cardiff at FL370 back in 2023

KC135 returning to RAF Mildenhall after a mission back in February. Complete with basket refuelling pods on the outer wing #militaryaviation #aviation #tankerTuesday #aviationphotography

I think the noise and excitement of an F15 departure at Lakenheath is amplified when it's at dusk #aviationphotography #planespotters #planespotting

Stripey Condor A339 D-ANRH at FL390 over Cardiff YHZ-FRA recently. Along with ITA one of the most distinctive airline liveries out there at the moment #planespotting #aviation #aviationphotos

ITA Airways A339 EI-TYD overhead Cardiff at FL410 JFK-FCO, this one from back in September as I've run out of recent OTT shots. Love the livery on these

Turkish Airlines B789 TC-LLJ overhead Cardiff at FL360 IST-IAH a few days ago #planespotting #aviation #aviationphotography

BA A380 G-XLEH at FL270 overhead Cardiff MIA-LHR a few days ago #planespotting #aviation #aviationphotography

Luftwaffe Global 5000 14+03 overhead Cardiff at FL410

United Airlines B777 N78017 in Star Alliance livery overhead Cardiff at FL340 FRA-IAH

48th FW F-15E on the go around at Lakenheath #aviationphotography

Knew I wouldn't have to wait long before getting a view of one of European Cargo's A340s now they've moved to CWL. Here's G-ECLN (ex G-VWEB) at 7000' over my house this afternoon in some lovely, low winter light

Rather liked the lighting and silhouette of this F35 taking off at Lakenheath last February

USAF F35 lighting up for take off at RAF Lakenheath

USAF F35 on the go around at RAF Lakenheath

A look back at 2020 when I caught BA 747 G-BYGC, in the fantastic BOAC livery, over my house on approach to Cardiff Airport. It sat in storage for several months before making its final flight to St Athan for dismantling #aviation #flight

If the angle to the sun's right then rainbow contrails can happen, colours are visible to the naked eye but I use contrast and clarity to boost the colours #aviation #contrails

As I'm just starting up on here I feel a few shots of aircraft taken over the last few years might be in order. Airbus Belugas (STs & XLs) go overhead Cardiff very regularly. Here's ST F-GSTA back in 2019 making a fantastic aerodynamic contrail at FL320

2 RAF Mildenhall-based KC-135s 60-0355 & 60-0324 departing as part of a 4-ship mission back in Feb 2024