May 13, 2013 at 9:57 am
G’Day one and all. My first airshows and the only ones I’ve been to in the U.K.
I was just a lad and my family moved to Australia the following year. Over the years I’ve tried to find photos of the participants at these shows. Whilst a few have been discovered I would like to see if any more are out there.
Many thanks for any help.
Regards Steve Jaksic
By: steve jaksic - 15th May 2013 at 09:47
Thanks for the help so far, truly appreciated. I was about 10 and my first camera was still some time away. Regards SteveJ
By: Robert Whitton - 14th May 2013 at 20:41
If that was the year the Breguet Atlantic crash I have about 4 negative films somewhere.
Yes it was see here http://www.farnboroughspotters.com/68.html
By: Scouse - 14th May 2013 at 20:38
And these are the Farnborough highlights. I’d just bought my first long-focus lens with my carefully-saved penniesand was a snap-happy as ever a 16-year-old could be within the tight budget for slide film. The originals are all on Agfa, by the way.
One of the Comets is now at the Mosquito Museum at Salisbury Hall, and I’ve been told that the fuselage portion at the rear of the Comets picture is in fact the last remains of the prototype G-ALVG, usually recorded as having been scrapped a few years earlier. Can anyone comfirm?
By: Scouse - 14th May 2013 at 20:27
Got them. These are from Biggin Hill 1968. There are some more, but these are the best ones.
By: Fouga23 - 14th May 2013 at 18:39
Cool! Any more from the Fougas?
By: Scouse - 14th May 2013 at 18:26
I was at both of these shows as a teenage planespotter. I’ve got some slides already scanned but on another computer – watch this space!
By: l.garey - 13th May 2013 at 14:27
Another from Biggin 1968
By: l.garey - 13th May 2013 at 14:25
Some from Biggin 1968