Shuttleworth Mid Summer Air Show 3rd June 2012

Well thanks guys,sorry to hear it was a washout,glad I didn’t make it but sorry for the collection,not a lot of luck this year so far for them.

I went, got wet, sold very little, talked to some of the diehards and some of the newcomers. Those who went, as usual were supportive of the Collection, the volunteers and everyone else.

It was eventually abandoned, vouchers were issued for another show to those who wanted them – We try again next month!

Another bust, I am afraid .

”Unfortunately, the forecast was bang on. The clearance slowed down and stalled. The front wriggled and pepped up over London in the afternoon and the other front that had moved north of Old Warden was erratic and started to move south again.

I was advised that there was no or little flying. The only visitor was a Spartan from Little Grandsen. At about 3pm, the flying display was cancelled

Martin” SEMAE

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=42591

How did it go?.I wanted to make it, but such a rotten day down here and 130+ mile drive to a possible no go put a damper on it for me I’m afraid.

Persisting down here,very glum.Hope Bedfordshire is better than Cambridgeshire

Oh dear, the Rain Gods really seem to have it in for Shuttleworth displays 🙁

Looking at the rainfall radar, it should be dry by mid morning, though many potential visitors will decide go/ no go when they first peer out the window.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Revised provisional display list:

World class aerobatics Cap 232
Glider Pair – Scud 2 & Slingsby Kite1
de Havilland 82A Tiger Moth
Avro Tutor
Percival Piston Provost
Miles Gemini
Miles Falcon
Miles Magister Pair
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster (Flypast only)
Avro Anson
Spartan Executive Pair
Comper Swift
Southern Martlet
Westland Lysander
Gloster Gladiator
Sopwith Triplane
Bristol F2b Fighter
SE5a Fighter
Hawker Hind
Hawker Demon
Deperdussin
Bleriot XI
Blackburn Monoplane Type – D
Bristol Boxkite
Avro Triplane
Blackburn B2
Polikarpov PO2
Bucker Jungmeister
RAF Hawk
Supermarine Spitfire MkXI

I’m going and looking forward to it immensely, about the only thing keeping me going through my university exams is the prospect of lounging on the grass at Old Warden in a couple of weeks’ time!

Hmmm…. this is ‘our’ Old Warden!

Thursday – Check stock list; prepare as required
Friday – load stock boxes – make SURE new titles are loaded; Bristol Brabazon, Concorde Conspiracy, Images of War: Memphis Belle – and with luck if they are delivered in time B-24 Liberator.
Saturday 1000hrs – depart base to cycle four miles to collect hire van
Saturday 1100hrs – drive to Brian Cocks to load his stock and bookcases
Saturday 1400hrs – return to base; load our stock and display stands
Saturday 1600hrs – check that nothing had been forgotten
Sunday 0530hrs – feed cats, check met (pray to the weather gods that it is dry between 0700 and 0830 – all traders know why!) wake wife (carefully)
Sunday 0600hrs – breakfast; check camera bag, airband, binos.
Sunday 0645hrs – check traders pass and till is packed and ready
Sunday 0700hrs – depart base
Sunday 0800hrs – arrive Old Warden; wait for the Le Mans start (or is it Roman chariot race?) to be let into hangars.
Sunday 0830hrs – with luck, let into the hangars. unload van. Set up trading stall.
Sunday 0930hrs – move van to traders parking area; start trading.
Sunday 1730hrs – stop trading; start to pack away
Sunday 1745hrs – collect van from traders parking, load our items first
Sunday 1815hrs – depart Old Warden
Sunday 1915hrs – arrive Brian Cocks’. Unload his items.
Sunday 2015hrs – arrive base; unload stock and display stalls
Monday 0700hrs – breakfast; put bike in hire van; take hire van to re-fill with diesel
Monday 0800hrs – return hire van; remove bike from hire van
Monday 0900hrs – return to base after cycling home.
Monday1000hrs – put away stock and display stall

That’s the plan for our June Shuttleworth Display – the delayed start of our 27th consecutive year of trading there! If my calculations are correct, this will be the 156th time we done this routine!

Time flies at Old Warden – and for us… it’s over five days!

Oh, and before anyone thinks I’m whining – I know that other traders have a lot longer distances to travel – and this is nothing to what the engineers and volunteers at Old Warden have to do – my hats off to them!

I’m going and looking forward to it immensely, about the only thing keeping me going through my university exams is the prospect of lounging on the grass at Old Warden in a couple of weeks’ time!

Good line up, Spartan pair especially. What Spitfire is that Rob? I presume PTs Mk XI?

And pleasure flying available in tCAT’s Rapide G-AGTM 🙂

Roger Smith.

Mid-Summer display? Looking out of my study window towards OW it looks and feels more like Mid-Winter. Good luck with that one.

Mid-Summer display? Looking out of my study window towards OW it looks and feels more like Mid-Winter. Good luck with that one.