The Rally had a very successful first day, with a delightfully laid-back atmosphere, in perfect weather. The slot system fell apart of course, since all the pre 11.00 slot were fogged out, but everybody seemed to keep a good look out, and sorted themselves into orderly streams, grass and hard.

The Storch was there, and a sprinkling of vintage stuff, and lines of RV’s, Europas, Sportscruisers and all the modern ‘fare’ of the LAA. Not much following now for the Lutons, FREDS and VP’s we saw 30 years ago.

So there is not all that much new to see, no display, and nothing very interesting for the general public, which is fine. But if you wanted to wander around the aircraft, chat to the owners, and catch up with old flying buddies it was the place to be, an LAA rally for LAA flyers.