Magpeye Photography By Joseph Maskrey

13/06/2026

01/06/2026

From this to this! Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-17F - PZL-Mielc Lim-5 in Vietnamese Air Force colours to Polish Air Force Markings, displaying Midlands Air Festival 2026

Three years ago, I went to visit North Weald and saw a beautiful relic sitting in a corner of the airfield alone... Now, I genuinely cannot believe that someone bought this old relic at North Weald and turned her into a flyer!

Which means that any relic that had been sat outside for the best part of 15 years can easily be put back in the air with a bit of funding!

What an insane outcome!
Fair play to the owners and engineers of AVIATION LTD; they have done an outstanding job!

28/05/2026

Hawker Hunter Aviation (HHA)

Hawker Hunter T.72 cruises through the Ogwen Pass (A5 Pass) 27/05/26

It was great to get back up to my "Happy" place :D And seeing this jet was just outrageous!
Never would I have thought I'd get a Hunter in a low-level capacity. But seeing this Ex-Chilean Air Force aircraft come round the corner, I literally had to do a double blink!

Awesome pass too!

25/05/2026

De Havilland Canada Chipmunk 80th Anniversary get-together Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport -

It is a sight for aviation spotters who adore classic/vintage aircraft! 70+ yes, 70 PLUS D.H Chipmunks from all around the world, gathered together to celebrate the remarkable anniversary in the UK.
For me personally, I had only seen 5/6 Chipmunks ever. So to see around 76 was just incredibly overwhelming. I genuinely didn't know where to look!

Credit goes out to the organiser, Carol, for even thinking of creating such an event, and the airport for agreeing to be hosts!
A beautiful setting for such an occasion.

23/05/2026

I'm surrounded by de Havilland Chipmunks 🐿️🐿️

For the 80th Anniversary of the de Havilland Chipmunk aircraft, various types and liveries and different engines (gipsy Major engine and the Lycoming engine) have attended a MASS gathering of Chipmunk aircraft from all over Europe! At Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport. I think I could 74? Which is absolutely astonishing! And pretty overwhelming for me, as I've only seen 5, and it's the same 5 every airshow season.

The ones from Europe were from France. Germany, Belgium (I think), Sweden and Denmark! Congratulations to Carole De Solla for the HUGE success of her event!

04/05/2026

Spitfires GALORE!! Mk's V(5), IX(9), XI(11) & XIV(14)

Many Spitfires were ticked off my list to see, many more to get!
The sheer roar of Merlin's and Griffon engines simply made the hairs on the back of my neck stand. No music needed, the sound was its own song.

03/05/2026

Arguably one of the best shots I have taken of any Spitfire.
Spitfire Mk.IXB MH434 What an aircraft.

Photo taken at Flying Legends 2023 (Yes, I'm way behind on my editing)