Todays pilot Fli-In, Tollerton, 05/06/06

Moggy, “Fledg” is being rude. 😮 😀

Fantastic – superb photos. He’s painted his helmet then :>

tKF

Here’s one! 😀

Here’s a couple of others too:

More to be found here, along with other Tollerton photos: futurshox.net

I should add that these pics were taken for Today’s Pilot and are being posted here with their permission – and may also appear in forthcoming issues 🙂

Just curious, did anyone get any pictures of the mass Pitts arrival?

Thanks,
tKF

Editor – Today’s Pilot

Yep, a great day. Thanks to everyone that made it, and made it happen.
Cheers, Dave

Yes, definitely do again for next year.

I suspect you were in the queue for cheesecake behind me and were faced with empty plates!

Thanks for your kind words, I’m only sorry I forgot to book better weather!

Despite gusty winds on Saturday and a decidedy damp start to Sunday we still had a huge turn out of aircraft (about 170 – but we’re still counting) and made around £1500 for our three charities.

Thank you to everyone who visited the event by air or road, and thank you to all of you who volunteered your time to help make things run so smoothly.

Shall we do it all again next year? I could be tempted.

Best

Steve (who didn’t get any cheesecake!)

I had two poppadums, does that count? 😉

Steph, you were not alone, I was seen at one point in the evening with 6 pieces of cheescake on my plate at one time 😉

I second all the comments above – I had a great time; thanks to all involved! Pics to follow…

I was there too!

Ah Agent_K, you beat me to it!

Yes, I was there too, for the party and the day after, being one of the “hardy” who dared to camp 🙂 … And more important we really enjoyed the evening and the day!

It was my first time in Tollerton… though I had decided against flying there for fear that I could not make it back the next day in the C172, with the weather. I did sleep better for it but it turned out that I could have made it fine 😡 . GO-VFR would not have been out of place there.

Anyway, I’m joining you to thank the very friendly Today’s pilot team and especially Steve Bridgewater and Dave Unwin who made my girlfriend and I feel very welcome and did not mind a French man around.

I thought the band put on a really good show, entertaining and of very good musical quality (playing standing on a double bass is not something you see everyday!)… And oh, if somebody missed their slice of cheesecake, it may be because I had more than I was supposed to 😀

As for the Sunday itself, if the raffle did not bring me luck, the fly in did bring quite a few aeroplanes very worth looking at and admiring:

-I’d go with you for the WACCO YMF Super, it was stunning (see pic)

-I really enjoyed this miniature planes too… I mean the Pitt Special… Ok the owners might not agree but as my girlfriend put it “They’re just so cute you could put them in your pocket!” I would not mind one of them in MY pocket. As I understand it this was one of the biggest gathering of the type in the UK.

-Of course the Antonov was not short of amazing too with its first class interior, leather seats and oh yes, the camera on the tail that films the flight, and that you can see on your personnal screen…

So thanks again for the event, the atmosphere (and the cheesecake) and the real good time we had.

Cheers,
Steph