I was presently surprised to visit Saturday and find there was quite a lot of “my” sort of aviation represented, as well as all the “plastic fantastics” and the expensive stuff you need to wear a white shirt with epaulettes to fly.

Ten out of ten to the organisers for having something for everyone, and to all the PFA volunteers for filling their marquee with “hands-on” demos of everything from propeller carving , to hand-rolling aluminium engine cowlings.

As an arrival by road, my only beef was the “Paris-Dakar simulation” that qualified as the route to the car park.

Oh and by the way, a pic or three of the “Great Danes” Beech 18………