derek beattie

Description: F15E Strike Eagle with the Statue of Liberty on the air brake

Description: Jelly fish illustration

Description: Lockheed C5M Super Galaxy, of the USAF 436 Air Wing

Description: A Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the United States Air Force, West Virginia Air National Guard with some artistic filters applied to give a cartoon look

Description: Fairchild A-10C Thunderbolt II

Description: A RAF jet fighter captured flying low level on a pilot training sortie over the English Lake District National Park, a sight to behold photographed from near Raven Crag above Thirlmere.

Description: A Lockheed MC-130J Commando II Hercules of the USAF 67th Special Operations Squadron departs RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

Description: Cat with a good set of whiskers poses to have its photograph.

Description: Lockheed C-130T Hercules of the United States Navy Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 (VR-62) based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. Photographed here on departure from Prestwick Airport, Scotland en route to Keflavik Airport, Iceland.

Description: A Lockheed MC-130J Commando II Hercules of the USAF 67th Special Operations Squadron departs RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England on an evening training sortie.

Description: A picture of the popular and well loved breed of cattle the Highland, native to Western Scotland but can be found the world over.

Description: Suilven, my favourite mountain in Scotland, located in Sutherland in the Inverpolly National Nature Reserve in the Assynt/Coigach region. Not the highest of peaks at a mere 2398 feet high but a steep climb and imposing to view from any angle, this particular one I think lends it a Matterhorn kind of look as you approach it from the Southeastern end.

Description: Flying-fish from The Natural History of British Fishes (1802) by Edward Donovan. Original from the New York Public Library. copyright free public domain.

Description: Tree branches in winter covered with snow

Description: Photographed arriving and nicely silhouetted against the sunset at RAF Mildenhall a Boeing E-3B Sentry from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, USA. The engines, a derivative of the original Pratt and Whitney JT3D still produce a bit of smoke as they did when this aircraft first took to the skies nearly fifty years ago.

Description: A Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II of the Maryland Air National Guard and assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron. Photographed on departure from Prestwick Airport, Scotland, heading back with KC-135 tanker support to its home base. It was part of a deployment of ten " Warthog " aircraft taking part in Exercise Swift Response operating from locations in Eastern Europe and the Baltic region.

Description: The Antonov An-225, the heaviest aircraft ever built and generally referred to as the world's largest aircraft. The name Mriya translates from from Ukranian to English as dream. Seen just after departure from Prestwick Airport in the image.

Description: The Antonov An-225, the heaviest aircraft ever built and generally referred to as the world's largest aircraft. The name Mriya translates from from Ukranian to English as dream.

Description: Nice array of antlers on this red deer stag photographed at Glen Garry in the Highlands of Scotland.

Description: Majestic red deer stag with a nice rack of antlers photographed in his natural territory of the Scottish Highlands.

Description: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt This aircraft was manufactured in 1945 and wears the paint scheme of F4-J 'Nellie' 492nd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group. Part of the Ultimate Warbirds collection of aircraft.