Photographer captures jaw-dropping Top Gun-style flying of RAF Eurofighter Typhoon in Lake District

A photographer has captured jaw-dropping scenes of Top Gun-style flying in the Lake District.

Iain Knox shot U.S. Air Force F15 Eagle fighter jets as they practised high-speed manoeuvres on Thursday (August 22).

He also pictured an RAF Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.Mk 4 aircraft from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.

He says: "These were taken from a hillside near Keswick in the Lake District, within one of the UK's Low Flying Areas.

"They show USAF F15 Eagles, based at Lakenheath, conducting one of their regular training exercises against a backdrop of stunning heather-covered hills.

"I'd made a last-minute decision to take a trip to the Lakes, and was even rewarded with some patches of sunshine between Storm Lilian's frequent showers."

Iain is keen to assure that the warplanes were not as close as they looked to buildings below.

He says": The very long lens focal length (600mm) compresses perspective a lot, especially noticeable in the shot where the aircraft looks as though it's almost overhead the farm. In fact the aircraft was over the lake and the farm was about 1km beyond it."