Yup,
You’ve guessed, it wasn’t this year. While looking for something else, I found these rough scans of some slides. Hope you enjoy them!
Buchon G-HUNN (corrected!), Sunderland G-BJHS, Kermit Week’s Mosquito before departure for the USA, and the Gannet that WAS flying in private hands…
By: JDK - 24th September 2004 at 11:38
Daz,
Think it’s the PR.XI, when owned by Doug Arnold.
By: DazDaMan - 24th September 2004 at 08:31
About the ex-Church Buchon. I think your photo is taken around 1989-90 – it’s wearing its “Memphis Belle” film colours there, and the previous year wore a Battle of Britain-style scheme for “Piece of Cake”.
Dunno which Spit that is in the background, though.
By: snakeman - 23rd September 2004 at 18:54
Oh yes the Gannet another classic
British Aircraft
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 23rd September 2004 at 18:31
If the B24 pc was taken on the Saturday I was inside and about to go to Dunsfold!
Melv
By: Black Knight - 23rd September 2004 at 17:20
That Gannet was the one owned and flown by Neil Moffat IRC.
By: JDK - 23rd September 2004 at 16:08
Guess I’ll have to see if I can get some better scans sorted then! The late great Doug Arnold, is of course seen with his back to the camera in the Spitfire shot; while Chris Morris of the Shuttleworth collection is seen on the right (He was looking after the Hawker Hind if I remember correctly.)
Cheers!
By: ALBERT ROSS - 23rd September 2004 at 14:35
I have only missed ONE Biggin Hill Air Fair since 1966 and have photos from them all!
Biggin has ALWAYS produced something not seen elsewhere and worth travelling to, although not ideal for photography.
By: Ant.H - 23rd September 2004 at 14:23
Cheers for the piccies JDK,and the memories they bring back. The second load of photo’s you posted were taken in 1992,only the second show I ever attended (the first being the BofB 50th Anniversary display at Abingdon in 1990). Think it was also the only time the WoGB Mk.18 Spit has ever appeared in public.
By: blueyonder - 23rd September 2004 at 13:08
G-HUNN… That’s it. I couldn’t remember the registration!
Cheers!
By: JDK - 23rd September 2004 at 13:01
You are right Blueyonder – G-HUNN. What year – er, dunno. 1986?
Don’t do numbers or dates if I can avoid it 😀
By: blueyonder - 23rd September 2004 at 12:51
Isn’t the first Buchon the ex Charles Church one?
What year were these taken?
By: JDK - 23rd September 2004 at 12:46
Heh.
I know you want me to, but I’ve got to do some work occasionally! There’s a few others, but at the moment I don’t have time to scan them properly. Maybe later!
Cheers
By: APG - 23rd September 2004 at 12:46
Another one of the Gannet at Biggin
By: DazDaMan - 23rd September 2004 at 12:38
Go on, trawl some more out, JDK, you know you wanna! 😉
By: JDK - 23rd September 2004 at 12:09
And a few more
Doug Arnold and one of his Spitfires, German Buchon D-FEHD, LB-30 of the CAF, and a formation we haven’t seen for a few years – Turkeycat (ground) B-25, B-17, Catalina, Mosquito and LB-30 (B-24 if you will)
Cheers!
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