Biggin Hill this morning.

A really great write up Elliott! Many thanks from all at BHHH. 🙂

Thanks for posting the excellent pictures everyone.

Thanks Elliott, it’s always good to know who flew what and it looks like the usual suspects were in charge. Lucky devils getting a warbird to strap on on a lovely day like last Sunday.

As others have said a very good review of the day’s events. Any information on who was flying the Spitfires and Hurricane?

Clive Denny mentioned he was one of the Spitfire (RW382) drivers.

Lovely photographs and write up, many thanks.

We’ve just published a write up of the flypast and service at the Chapel, with photos from both the Heritage Hangar and the Chapel itself. Some lovely photos from Huw (including some of MkXVI RW382, the new kid on the block), our man on the inside! Also great to hear that BHHH plan to support this kind of event in future. Also details of who flew what!

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/11/12/feature-biggin-hill-heritage-hangars-remembrance-sunday-salute/

Lovely write up and photos,those gentlemen what hero’s ,old in body but young in spirit.

We’ve just published a write up of the flypast and service at the Chapel, with photos from both the Heritage Hangar and the Chapel itself. Some lovely photos from Huw (including some of MkXVI RW382, the new kid on the block), our man on the inside! Also great to hear that BHHH plan to support this kind of event in future. Also details of who flew what!

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/11/12/feature-biggin-hill-heritage-hangars-remembrance-sunday-salute/

As others have said a very good review of the day’s events. Any information on who was flying the Spitfires and Hurricane?

Lovely photos Paul, really captured the whole event beautifully.

The L4H did a solo pass over the chapel following the main fly past by three Spitires and a Hurricane. The Harvard had taken off with the rest but I did not see take part in the flypast.

Very good attendance for the service in St. Georges chapel and for the wreath laying at the gate guardians……… as well as at runway end. Fly past over the chapel and down the main runway.
Yes many thanks to BHHH for their very fitting tribute at this significant site.

We will remember them.

I’m so glad the weather behaved and it was so nice to see so many people turn out along the main road to watch.
Walking back to the car it was amazing to hear the amount of people mention the Air Fair and that it should be brought back. Certainly my airshow season is much the poorer for its passing.

Many thanks to everyone at the BHHH for putting the time and money into this wonderful Remembrance Sunday commemoration.
Great photos by the way.

Not as such – but you do have the ability to turn on and off the flying cover aspect of the policy (maintenance, off season etc) which will reduce the premium.

The problem here for an operator seeking to recoup some of the outlay is of course that the less the aircraft flies the more the cost per hour to operate. Also fixed maintenance schedules may dictate an annual service regardless of hours flown. In an ideal world the operating costs are covered by commercial activities whilst the well maintained asset gradually appreciates in value. Not an easy task.

Still, it’s worth it and here’s a nice clip of a well primed start of SM520 to remind us why…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHrbUnaMQ0&feature=youtu.be

Cheers!

Out of interest can Spitfire’s be insured on a limited flying hours per year policy.

Not as such – but you do have the ability to turn on and off the flying cover aspect of the policy (maintenance, off season etc) which will reduce the premium.

Hi Dunbar

Many thanks for the insight, I agree, flying the four ship even for twenty minutes was a tremendous gesture, not surprisingly several hundred people had gathered around the airfield preimeter to witness the spectacle.

Out of interest can Spitfire’s be insured on a limited flying hours per year policy.

Septic

Hi Septic

It’s probably more to do with hours on the airframe than fuel…all the costs of operating a Spitfire (they are substantial) are factored into the hours the a/c flies…a very rough price is in the order of £4k+ per hour if the a/c flies around 50 hours a year. It’s also not as simple as flying over other services, most flypasts require prior permission from the CAA…i think putting four up is a fantastic effort!

At Boultbee today, we combined a Remembrance display with the scattering of the ashes of Stapme Stapleton from SM520. His brother and family were there also…very poignant and fitting.

What he said.

Beautiful photo 🙂

I agree with that they weren’t aloft for very long, and Kenley had a service at the ‘tribute’ that would have been an easy one to fly over, but I guess it come down to fuel costs, its a credit to Peter Monk that he and his partners fund these flights, if they are very local.

Here’s a shot of RW382 coming into land.

Septic.

It would be nice if they could’ve covered a few memorial services between them.Lovely sight and sound.