In February of 2023 this site celebrated its 27th 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 Beware, therefore, that some information may be a little out of date.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.

Contents:
Galleries Pictures of RAF aircraft Present and Past, Helicopters, aircraft Foreign to these (UK) shores, old monochrome shots, Guest pictures, and...
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? Add a new entry of your own.
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.
Lego NASA Following on from X Planes, up into space with Lego's excellent range of NASA models.
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!)
E-mail E-mail XPlanes, tell me what you think of the site.
Site Search Does what it says on the tin.

Today's RAF pilots can earn challenge coins which are used to reward hard work and excellence in performance. Custom challenge coins can be designed to honor a variety of military achievements.