So the first day of this new LIV Golf tournament in London this week had, among many other things, a flyby of what CNN called “some old airplanes.” Looks to me like 3-4 Spitfires, maybe a Hurricane?, a Mustang and a Thunderbolt. That would have been worth the price of admission, and I care nothing for golf.
It’s a lousy snapshot taken by someone who doesn’t know anything about airplanes, but it’s all I could find.
By: J Boyle - 17th June 2022 at 05:49
A late friend used to delight in telling me about the time in the late 1970s, a friend and fellow club member, buzzed his golf party on a fairway with his Corsair.
Knowing the area, well north of the local airport in a unpopular area, the event sounds plausible.
The gentleman in question did have a Corsair at the time (he flew it in “Black Sheep Squadron”) and later had a Mustang. His son now flies a Bucker Jungmann with quite a history.
Now that’s a round of golf worth watching.
By: DH82EH - 14th June 2022 at 14:16
As far as I’m concerned, the best use of a golf course is, it’s somewhere you can put your Tiger Moth down in a pinch.
By: Prop Strike - 13th June 2022 at 10:32
Not London really, just south of the Hemel exit on the M1 motorway.
Saw the Blades turning over Chesham about 4 times on Saturday evening ( 19.00 hours or so)
Perhaps flybys, and a wide circuit to return.
By: avion ancien - 13th June 2022 at 09:46
In the context of Saudi Arabia’s present sports’ spending spree – which I’ve heard described in the media as ‘sportswashing’ – one cannot help but recall Oscar Wilde’s words about the person who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
By: trumper - 13th June 2022 at 08:37
^^^^^^^^^ Agreed
By: MFowler - 13th June 2022 at 00:42
Ah, the Blades. Better eyes than me, mate.
I’m still trying to figure out what, if anything, a warbird flyover has to do with a golf tournament funded by a regime of very questionable ethics. I hope the Saudis at least covered the fuel bill for that performance.
By: StrikeEagle492 - 12th June 2022 at 16:18
Ultimate Fighters (Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang & P-47) flanked by the Blades.
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June 12, 2022 at 1:57 pm