In February of 2022 this site celebrated its 26th birthday. Work on XPlanes has been sporadic - an awful lot at the beginning and not a lot recently. Beware, therefore, that some information may be a little out of date. The pictures are timeless and I hope you find something here to make your visit worthwhile. A lot of my pictures are scanned-in photos - pre-digital cameras - and my aim is to improve their quality over time.
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| Galleries | Pictures of RAF aircraft
Present and Past, Helicopters,
aircraft Foreign to these
(UK) shores, old monochrome
shots, Guest pictures, and...
2022 - Hawk T2s, Gateguard T1
2021 - Hawk T2s, Texans, Eurofighter
2020 - Hawk T1s & T2s, Texans
2019 - Hawk T2s, Tucanos, Caernarfon Airport
2018 - Hawk T1s & T2s etc at RAF Valley
2016 - Hawk T2s at RAF Valley
2015 - RAF Museum Cosford, Hawk T2s
2014 - National Museum of Flight in Scotland
2012 - Yorkshire Air Museum
2011 - Tornado GR4s at RAF Lossiemouth
2010 - Nimrods & Typhoons and the Hawk T2
2009 - GR4s at Lossie & Nimrods at Kinloss.
2008 - Hawks, Harriers, Tornadoes
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| Air-to-air | Some fantastic air to air pictures of BAe Hawks over Snowdonia & Anglesey. |
| Contacts |
Hoping to make contact with old friends in the RAF? See if you recognise a name on the list, and get in touch. Add a new entry of your own, free. |
| Spruce Goose | The story of Howard Hughes famous gigantic aircraft. |
| V Bombers | Profiles of the Valiant, Vulcan and Victor. |
| X Planes | Pictures and facts about the X Plane program. |
| Corgi Diecasts | I've started collecting Corgi Aircraft models, concentrating initially on BAe Hawks, see my collection here. |
| Data Sheets | Pictures and facts on many aircraft used by the RAF. |
| Articles | Several great articles, reprinted with permission, from the RAF Yearbook and Air Forces Monthly. |
| RAF Valley | Where to go and what to see at RAF Valley on Anglesey. |
| BAe Hawks | Colourful pictures of many Hawks. |
| SAR Helicopters | The famous yellow Search and Rescue choppers of RAF Valley, SARTU. (Sadly now gone!) |
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| Site Search | Does what it says on the tin. |
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Last updated XPlanes is an offshoot of a bigger site of mine, not this time about aircraft but about cars. And lorries, and buses, and motorbikes, any vehicles. You'll find it here : DriveArchive. 
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