Today (Sept 10th) saw the gathering of various Moths at Seven Barrows, in the rolling Hampshire countryside near Kingsclere Castle.
A memorial stone can be found here, to mark the first flights of the first aeroplane built by Geoffrey de Havilland.
The private event, organised by the Moth Club attracted over 30 aeroplanes, the largest, and most modern being the DHC2 Beaver of the Army Air Corps Historic Flight. The aircraft operated out of the large stubble field adjacent to the A34, and poor visiblity early in the day gave way to good flying conditions.
By: REF - 11th September 2010 at 17:37
Nice photos, there is a photo of the memorial here;
http://airfields.fotopic.net/litchfield
Cheers
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th September 2010 at 21:11
I think you’ll find that the DHC 1 was a much smaller mammal than a Beaver it was more Chipmunk shaped. 😉
By: RPSmith - 10th September 2010 at 21:06
aaaah de Havilland (well someone had to say it)
Roger Smith.
By: John Aeroclub - 10th September 2010 at 20:40
I see Mr Bean’s aeroplane (pic030) wasn’t quite ready. The two R/C “9’s” are rather nice.
John
By: Propstrike - 10th September 2010 at 20:16
Great report and photos of another secret Moth meeting! Didn’t they have one last year? 😉
I am not security-cleared to answer that .:rolleyes:
By: The Blue Max - 10th September 2010 at 20:14
Looks like it turned out to be a good day, shame we unfortunately couldnt make it with the BE2:(
By: Newforest - 10th September 2010 at 19:57
Great report and photos of another secret Moth meeting! Didn’t they have one last year? 😉
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September 10, 2010 at 7:42 pm