Should anybody find themselves in the vicinity of the West Midlands on Sunday….
http://www.wolverhamptonairport.co.uk/#/100-years/4541605618
We will be there with Rapide G-AIDL (pleasure flights) and the Percival Prentice (static).. for more details see:
http://www.classicflight.com/eventsCalendar
As usual, the flights offer a scenic view of the Severn Valley, even the occasional steam train passing below!
Do call in at the Classic Flight trailer and say hello 🙂
By: Jagx204 - 27th June 2010 at 09:32
Rapide spotted
Just had the lovely sight and sound of the Rapide o/h Stourbridge on its way into the event. A splendid way to start a Sunday morning ! 😎
By: rich_hodgetts - 26th June 2010 at 21:42
Anyone who will be flying in the area, bloody good lookout is the order of the day. It gets very busy along that section of the river severn. RAF Cosford likley to be very active with anything up to 10 A/C around and about the local area.
By: RPSmith - 26th June 2010 at 00:10
Let’s hope the re-enactors haven’t got any AA guns :diablo:
Roger Smith.
By: ade wilkes - 25th June 2010 at 21:32
If you do fly down the river severn especially Highley,there is a WW2 battle reenactment,it,s the SVR 40,s weekend.
By: avion ancien - 25th June 2010 at 18:59
……………..except that derelict Proctor and the Air Scouts club house Anson has gone. Good grief, memories do go back a long way!
By: BlueRobin - 25th June 2010 at 16:48
Nothing much has changed… 🙂
ex-HG student
By: Balliol - 25th June 2010 at 15:38
Ah, thanks for clarifying that Balliol. That would be the the one that the Frenchman was flying in the film, which landed over the top of haystack with a couple misbeaving themselves in then?:) Haven’t been to Halfpenny Green since they staged the Kings Cup Air Race there in 1967.
Yes,thats the one,flown by Monsieur duBois.I believe that Jean-Pierre Cassals was chosen for the part because he was one of the few actors small enough to get in it and it was actually flown by the late Joan Hughes because she was one of the few suitably experienced pilots light enough for it to become airborne reasonably safely.
By: AMB - 25th June 2010 at 14:36
The Demoiselle replica has been borrowed from RAFM Stafford.
Also if anyone has any connection with or fond memories the old Wolverhampton airport at Pendeford you may find a few familiar faces at the event.————Balliol.
Ah, thanks for clarifying that Balliol. That would be the the one that the Frenchman was flying in the film, which landed over the top of haystack with a couple misbeaving themselves in then?:) Haven’t been to Halfpenny Green since they staged the Kings Cup Air Race there in 1967.
By: Balliol - 25th June 2010 at 14:27
Thanks Will, this looks very interesting but is the first I have heard of it?
Their website states ” aircraft from those Magnificent Men in the Flying Machines”….which ones, as I can’t see the Shuttleworth collection allowing their Boxkite and Triplane to fly all the way there from Old Warden?
The Demoiselle replica has been borrowed from RAFM Stafford.
Also if anyone has any connection with or fond memories the old Wolverhampton airport at Pendeford you may find a few familiar faces at the event.————Balliol.
By: AMB - 25th June 2010 at 14:14
Thanks Will, this looks very interesting but is the first I have heard of it?
Their website states ” aircraft from those Magnificent Men in the Flying Machines”….which ones, as I can’t see the Shuttleworth collection allowing their Boxkite and Triplane to fly all the way there from Old Warden?
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