North Weald Aerofair

“A slightly different angle shot of the Mustang take off”

Yak11,you’re one lucky g*t! :p Great shot of ‘The Doll’,sadly not a view I’m likely to see in person! 🙁

Hi. I was doing the radio when the Mustangs arrived, and who wisely went around the airfield one more time while the melee subsided. It was frantic.

When you taxied out I was standing next to the last marshaller on the taxiway.

After the display, when all the departures started, I cleared one acft to cross the runway and five crossed!! 😮 :rolleyes:

Good fun! :D:D:D

VA

Hi Vintage,

Were you the chap on the other end of the radio then, having to deal with shed loads of aircraft all turning up at once, some taxying off to the wrong side of the runway, and one or two not bothering to talk at all?

Quartermaster Stores

Phew!

I have a sight test coming this Thursday and was beginning to worry! 😀

I was there all three days. Someone had to do the ATC! 😀 😀 😀

Hi vintage, were you there on Saturday?

Could have sworn you were – saw someone like you looking at the Chippy and C421 – I was nearby chomping a rather expensive bacon butty at the time.

Taken at about the same time too! 😀

I’m jealous as hell. . . . .;)

VA

A slightly different angle shot of the Mustang take off.

Harvard . . .

VA

Mustangs at North Weald . . . . .

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Husky

Well, all the lines of a Cub yet with a 180hp engine and able to lift more as well. Very tidy panel as photographed. yet when I approached the slaesman, he didn’t seem interested. How are they going to sell any?

The Citabria range now again on sale offer all the performance of the Cub for less oney and more speed with the same spec. Know which one I’d go for 🙂

My Yak instructor was part of the original Aerostars, then largely composed of self-made businessmen who had enough disposable to buy a Yak and very little familiarity with the word discipline.

“Nightmare” was about the only printable comment I can recall.

Sounds like they have improved somewhat.

If it wasn’t actually ‘The Aerostars” can I apologise in advance?

It was a late 80s, early 90s, N Weald based group of Yak 52 that ‘recreated’ US-style pylon racing to a commentary bordering on the hysterical, which may well have had something with Brendan Thingy. If not, more apologies are in order.

Moggy

Re: MASH and Denis Kenyon’s H300

Originally posted by BlueRobin
On the point fo displaying helis, G-MASH was there. Bit of classic n’est pas?

Party trick? Ever have a girlfriend dance round her hangbag? Dennis does this with his heli! End of one front skid in the grass and around and around he goes 😎

Agree that the 47 has a certain nostalgia value, but as for the party trick…

…. I think you are going to the wrong parties. :rolleyes:

Moggy.

LOVE the Husky though. Can it lift those tyres?

MASH and Denis Kenyon’s H300

On the point fo displaying helis, G-MASH was there. Bit of classic n’est pas?

But boring to dispaly though. However, Denis Kenyon practicalyl does loop sin his H300. Party trick? Ever have a girlfriend dance round her hangbag? Dennis does this with his heli! End of one front skid in the grass and around and around he goes 😎

Aerostars

Now, the Aerostars have to be seen to be believed. Originally a 4-ship 3xYak50 and one Super Yak52, they have expanded by to further Yak50s. I think the pilots are ex Red Arrows. Apply that display knowledge, plus tighter turning circles and rumblin’ radials…well, it beats the Reds hands down! A must see for this year.

Originally posted by BlueRobin
Heads-up peeps.

….. “Mad” Dennis Kenyon in his helicopter. Even Moggy might approve on this last point :rolleyes:

“Approve” and “helicopter” in the same sentence? I don’t think so; the word ‘smelter’ has to appear as well surely?

😉

Moggy

Heads-up peeps.

I’ve created a photo album of the photos I took last Saturday at North Weald. (Click on the thumbnail for the full-sized version)

http://www.avsoft.co.uk/shuttle/aerofair2003/

If the place were dead (like it almost was) and the air display still went ahead, it’s well worth the entrance fee in my opinion 🙂 The Yaks and Sukhoi were stunning, as was “Mad” Dennis Kenyon in his helicopter. Even Moggy might approve on this last point :rolleyes:

I was ten when i took the photo and wasn’t as yet intorduced to usefulness of serial numbers 🙂 sorry, maybe someone else will no the reg identity.

Is that G-WULF?
I couldn’t make it in the end, next year i must get there.

that was my first pic ive posted, sorry if its a bit too big, taken in 1994 i think at Breighton.