RAF Marham Families Day - part 2

As well as 'planes in the air, Marham also had a few on the ground.  This is one of the new F-35 Lightnings.

A versatile aircraft, it can apparently also be used as a sunshade....

DH Dragon Rapide - it was in a similar aircraft that General Franco flew from his posting in the Canary Islands to Morocco at the start of what became the Spanish Civil War.

SA Bulldog.  I've actually flown in the civilian version of this (Beagle Pup).

Avro Anson from the BAE Heritage Flight.

This US V-22 Osprey was a visitor from nearby RAF Lakenheath.

Tornado.  A 'proper' 1970s warplane.

 This Humber staff car was rather nice.

The flying display concluded with a Lightning.  After an impressively short takeoff run it was flung around the sky.  I can confirm that the noise it generates makes it a fitting successor to its namesake, the old EE Lightning.  Noise you don't just hear but feel in your guts.

The routine included hovering and a very neat vertical landing.

RAF Marham - Families Day - part 1

As many readers will know, my stepson Louis joined the Royal Navy last year and is currently stationed at RAF Marham.  Marham is currently home to a fair number of RN personnel as it is the station where the glitzy new F-35 Lightning is based.
Back to the plot.  Sara and I were sent tickets for Marham's Families Day last Thursday. This was basically a private air show with all the usual attractions of such events. 
Above is my favourite photo - the RAF's own Red Arrows.

These chaps are really very good and fly in very close formation.

Soon afterwards I spotted a Tornado or two trundling along the distant runway.

Next in the air was this Typhoon - being flung around with reckless abandon.

Then it was the turn of the Tornado formation.  As they're soon to be withdrawn from service this was probably the last day that four would fly in formation.  Indeed for two of the pilots this was their last ever Tornado sortie.  And I still think of Tornado (or rather MRCA) as rather new!

No introduction needed for this lot!

Naval aviation wasn't forgotten - this Swordfish was built in 1944.