Yet another great day at CockpitFest. Many familiar faces and lots of new ones including the RAF Exhibition Lightning cockpit from Babcock .
The BBMF did the event proud with a particularily good flypast from the Dakota followed later by the Lancaster with the Spitfire IX in close formation.
Tomorrow should see fingers crossed a flypast from the Red Arrows
just after 10.30.
By: LesB - 13th June 2004 at 00:28
Got there a bit late in the day myself, but had a fine time with Simon, (Canberra B.2 WJ676) and Frank Lund (Canberra PR.7 WT536 – 1st pic). Yes, the was a Hunter there, nobody attending it though Stringers, but maybe it’s the one in this small selertion.
The place is getting big these days, lot of “new” ground to cover (walking that is, need a 4×4 walking stick now). The new Hangar is going to be good when they get some kites in it – huge looking at the moment but will soon look “crowded” I reckon. Quite a few of the aircraft are in need of some TLC (especially the Bucc) but they all look like they’re being worked on by volunteers, slowly of course but that’s the way it is. The Gnat in the repair bay still looks far from ready, but there’s more of it together than when I last saw it. Anyway, NAM is a great place, good little cafe and well stocked shop – definitely worth a visit. 🙂
(Isn’t a GR.3 cockpit really tiny when separated from the rest of the airframe?)
By: stringbag - 13th June 2004 at 00:05
Was Mick B there with his Hunter 9 cockpit?
By: andrewman - 13th June 2004 at 00:00
Hi David
Did you get any photos ?
Also did they have the APU working again on the Vulcan ?
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