I have been sorting through my airshow programmes and have got stumped by one of the listings for the 1986 Southend Airshow anyone shed any light on what a Buffer is?
I always though it was what is at the end of a train line! There is no picture of info about it in the programme.
Monday 26th May 1986
1.45 Jaguar
2.00 Zlin
2.07 Ultimate Pitts
2.14 Tiger Moth girl on the wing
2.21 Fokker Triplane
2.28 Concorde
2.35 Catalina Landing on Sea
2.47 Wallis Autogyro
2.54 Marlborough
3.06 Stampe
3.13 FockleWulf 190
3.20 Spitfire
3.27 Buffer
3.32 Kitty hawk
3.39 RN Historic Flight
3.48 Aces High T33
3.55 Gazelle
4.11 F 15 (fly past)
4.13 Lancaster
4.20 Catalina (take off from sea)
4.27 Corsair
4.34 Unipart Duo
4.44 Toyota Pitts
4.51 F16 (fly past)
4.53 Red Arrows
Additional Items:
British Air Ferries Viscount,
British Air Ferries Herald,
Monarch 757,
Britannia 767.
Orion 737-300,
KLM-ATL-42,
RAF Falcons,
Ultimate Pitts G-SPIN,
Grumman Widgeon N444N
Very tasty line up that year.
By: Old Fart - 23rd March 2008 at 22:59
A few photos of the 1986 Southend Airshow including the Tiger Moth Girl on the Wing, they are not the best quality and were given to me.
“Jaguar” Stampe G-AYWT
Concorde G-BOAF
Wallis Autogyro G-BLIK
F15 four ship
Tiger Moth Girl on the Wing
Grumman Widgeon N444W now based at CR Morse, Anchorage, AK (USA) and airworthy I beleve.
By: Old Fart - 22nd March 2008 at 23:48
Yak 11 has it, a buffer is simply a time slot put in to allow for delays etc and enable the schedule to be brought back on time. One big one or a few small ones usually does the trick;)
Out of interest which Tiger Moth GOW was it?
Cheers
As for the Tiger Moth not got a clue have a photos somewhere will look for it in the morning and post it up.
Nick
By: Newforest - 22nd March 2008 at 22:53
Thought the ‘buffer’ would be the twelve minutes it takes the Cat to land at sea or built into the sixteen minutes it was taking the Gazelle to perform its display?:D
By: The Blue Max - 22nd March 2008 at 21:40
Yak 11 has it, a buffer is simply a time slot put in to allow for delays etc and enable the schedule to be brought back on time. One big one or a few small ones usually does the trick;)
Out of interest which Tiger Moth GOW was it?
By: Old Fart - 22nd March 2008 at 15:22
Cheers
By: WP840 - 22nd March 2008 at 11:09
I can only agree with what bazv has said, a B52 flypast sounds most likely.
By: jaybeebee - 22nd March 2008 at 07:47
shame there isn’t more civil stuff at the airshow anymore 🙁
By: bazv - 22nd March 2008 at 07:14
Could it be a period of time built into the show incase acts run late?
Sounds very reasonable to me !!
Only other ( much less likely) thing I could think of is B 52 flyby 😀
By: Yak 11 Fan - 22nd March 2008 at 00:16
Could it be a period of time built into the show incase acts run late?
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