Turweston – VAC Vintag & Classic Day

How many Swallows and Swifts overtook you on climbout then 😀

You’re not kidding. The Luton’s the only aeroplane I know where you have a risk of birdstrikes from behind!

Still it was gorgeous hour and ten minute flight back to Bicester. Too nice a night to hurry!

I was farting 😉

I liked the way Melv’s prop went around as he tried to start – looked like it was on an electric motor just for show just like a toy… And she is a really quiet when running…
Think most noise comes from the inside 😀

Caught me at full power – that’s why!

How many Swallows and Swifts overtook you on climbout then 😀

ahhhh. Caught me at full power – that’s why!

We were joining downwind as you were taking off so I called to say hello (in strict radio parlance of course) and you had trouble hearing. Never mind.

Melv

Sorry – it was you was it? Combination of thundering VW horsepower, inadequate cloth helmet and icom adds a new dimension to ‘line of sight’ radio communications!

But as ‘Arfur’ says: “If they won’t let you use a phone and drive, why should you have to use a radio and fly?”

Gasml

We did try and have a chat when you were leaving Popham, but you couldnt hear us over the roar of your engine 🙂

Many thanks and congratulations to all at the VAC for a great day.

Sorry Arfur and I disappeared early, but we were ‘double booked’ with the Popham fly in too. Thankfully the clag over Oxford had lifted and we wound up with the perfect afternoon of flying and ‘chopsing’ at both airfields!

It was odd there I was waiting to walk the Kitten out and this orange aeronautical carriage taxis past and I’m being waved at by all on board!!!! Cracking shots there Nick from the trip back.

We arm waved the arm waver!

I on behalf of the VAC committe and of course the arm waving team would also like to express our thanks to all those who managed to beat the weather and land at TW.

For the record unofficially at this time we had 109 aircraft actually make it in.

Was a real pleasure to have met a few more people from the forum.

It was odd there I was waiting to walk the Kitten out and this orange aeronautical carriage taxis past and I’m being waved at by all on board!!!! Cracking shots there Nick from the trip back.

I don’t know the results from the sound monitoring but thanks to all who kept it down 😉 on the way out.

Glad the weather was better to the west. We were stuck at NW most of the day with a cloudbase 0f 700-1000 feet. Managed to get as far as Bovingdon by 4.30 when the cloud lifted a bit, but too late then to complete the trip. Most frustrating day as the forecast was cloud at 3500 feet and 30Km viz. But that’s flying!

YR

Good to see the Rearwin fly – Melv, I see what you meant about the noise level.

Very impressive stuff !

Nick don,t you know red is this years colour old boy,hairyplane and his hats Stampe and his garish cagoules!!.Of course the growbag/babygrow makes you look like one of those fixer chappies !!!.Very hard to keep the monocle in whilst wearing goggles. 😎

I didn’t take many shots! Firstly a very big thank you to the Forum Rearwin owner for giving me an excuse not to mow the lawn.

The view from the vermillion rocket is superb.

The Hairyplane fleet arrive, ably piloted by HP and the man in the red jacket (Stampe!!)

Some Chipmunk Porn for a good mate

Melvyns patch!

Turweston from the air, whats the big biplane?

Finally some airfield hopping on the way home

First Finmere

Bicester

Finally what remains of Greenham Common

A cracking day out, a very BIG thanks to Melv for the lift and the chance to play on the Dearwin. I have said it before and I will no doubt say so again, that aircraft is a credit to you Melv.

Man-on-the-Fence and I waved our arms at Arm Waver on the way out.

We had fun.

MOTF became the first forumite to fly the Rearwin.

We behaved outselves on the way home.

It WAS fun.

Melv

Hairyplane made(forced) me fly the vibrator (Ryan) both ways ,I had my eyes in the maggie for the return flight but had to shake my eyeballs both ways.Makes me really appreciate the delights of the my dear old Rollason Condor for the flight home from Old Warden whilst sipping fuel.Good to see you again Nick any pix?? 🙂 And thanks Pete I love the old girl really!!!!!MMMMMMMMMMMiles better.

Got any more piccies from Turweston today? I’d love to see them!

my arms ache like anything this evening

Theres a reason for that mate 🙂

Some of us were thwarted by low cloud on the Chiltern ridge, which obscured the top of the mast at Stokenchurch (M40 Cutting).

The Tiger (G-ANFM) and others seemed to have made it, but others, including a Stampe and a Zlin returned to White Waltham. To the south, you could see 50 miles!