The Woodford Airshow with the worst weather has to be 1997 it was apparently the worst conditions ever seen at an Airshow in the UK worse even than Finningley Airshow 1987 which I didnt go to only being 5 at the time. Really Abysmal conditions, and yet there were some displays and flypasts i.e. the Rockwell B1B allready mentioned and Jaguar Recce demo. Am I right in thinking Spitfire XVI TD248 managed to display ? i cant remember you see. There were a few ILS approaches by an Hercules and Nimrod apparently many people demanded a refund on their tickets. The airshow on June 27th 1992 was apparently the hottest and sunniest ever. The temperature record for that year in the UK was the next day in the Malverns 28’C must have been approaching that in Ormskirk the previous day. I didnt go to that show i was only 9 at the time, but I recall on the day where we live in Ormskirk NW England near Southport in the garden my mum sunbathing with brown legs, and my dad going indoors saying it was too hot, the soil was like sand ! Summers were great when i was little, I had seen a poster advertising the 25th anniversary show at Woodford a few weeks earlier i seem to recall. Does Anyone else here have any memories from these shows ? I would love to know if that Spitfire flew at the 1997 event.
Eddie
By: FLY.BUY - 15th November 2012 at 21:07
Thanks for the link to the web site J/31. Looking at the spotter Photographs brought back great memories of my days on the airport pier in the 7O’s and my membership of Starliner !
By: eddywinch82 - 14th November 2012 at 22:30
Thanks for the info, i am looking forward to buying that book.
By: eddywinch82 - 14th November 2012 at 22:07
Could you find out exactly what the book is called for me ? i
cant find it on the net so far. any info would be appreciated
As i am thinking of buying that book.
Ed
By: eddywinch82 - 14th November 2012 at 21:28
thanks for the info I will check that out.
Eddie
By: FLY.BUY - 14th November 2012 at 21:16
As it happens I was down at Waterloo station London this afternoon there is an Ian Allen book shop located nearby. One of the books I browsed through was a published book on Woodford. It had copious amounts of colour photographs on each page detailing all the aircraft visitors and air shows throughout the years. I was amazed at some of the stuff that had passed through the airfield especially the Russian aircraft. Looking through the aircraft that were displayed at some of the shows Woodford certainly knew how to pull it off, however nature seems to have had other ideas (dreaded weather!) I was there when the Rockwell B1 displayed, you could hardly see the aircraft through the torrential rain. This is all that I can remember about this particular show, seeing and hearing the aircraft certainly help lift people’s spirits for 5 minutes, I take my hat off to the B1 pilot for going ahead with it’s limited display.The book should be available on the Internet to purchase, I forgot it’s title but it includes the word Woodford (perhaps that’s the only word!) Happy Days, so sorry to see the airfield close down..
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