Low Flying Aircraft
These images have been borrowed with permission from Rory Trappe
The whole of Wales is contained within LFA7 and also includes the Tactical Training Area (TTA) LFA7T and the helicopter training area around Snowdon. Whilst the TTA is the least used TTA in the UK, LFA7 and certain locations in Wales are probably the most popular with many low flying aircraft movements and quite often many aviation photographers trying to photograph them. Most aircraft seen are Hawks from RAF Valley but just about any other aircraft can also be seen depending on your luck. You are more likely to catch a Hercules or one of the Boscombe Down aircraft in Wales than in any of the other popular locations elsewhere in the UK.
Aviation photography & spotting is really becoming a big hobby. Tal-yllyn is the perfect place and ideally located on the mach loop at the base of cader idris and during the week there is frequent training sorties carried out from the RAF down the valley.
Many visitors to the area come to view and photograph theses various aircraft in action, such as
Hercules C130 - A Maverick Armed Harrier gr9 - Hawk - Army Air Corps Apachi - RAF Tornado F3 - Tornado gr4,
we have a few different position in Tal-y-llyn were the best place to be to view and photograph the planes like these
Cad West - Cad East - Corris Corner