Bruntingthorpe photo's (at blimmin last…)

There were two pirates sitting in a bar; one was admiring the other’s earrings. “How much were they?” he enquires. “Two dollars” comes the reply. “Hey,” says the first one. “That’s not bad for a Buck an ear…” 😉

Sorry, one of my favourite bad gags that. Console yourselves with some more gorgeous jets instead.

Unfortunately, while we’d been wondering how on earth they’re going to get that Vulcan back together (and whether they’ll find that they’ve got one bolt left at the end and they can’t quite figure where it came from…), the first Lightning had a blast down the runway. Damn, missed it. Ah well, better go and have a sit in this one then… 🙂

(apologies for the legs 😮 )

Walking back to where the action was, we found a few oddities on the way… From the top;
1 – Quote of the day from JN-4; “What the f’kin hell’s THAT???” 😀
2 – “Take me to your leader…”
3 – It’s a little-known fact that the Japanese 34th Sentai employed A6M2 Piston Provost’s in 1945… 😉
4 & 5 – This is what happens when you let 2 Squadron have too much free time… :rolleyes:

A short walk away, we found a big hangar housing a huge tin triangle ‘up on blocks’. In my finest Rolf Harris accent, Can ya tell what it is yet…? 😉

Next up, a general view of the line up, and one or two nice uncluttered shots. I particularly liked the ‘cabriolet’ Hunter in that setting; with the deep blue sky, sitting on the pan with an earth bank and trees behind it, it could almost be back home in Switzerland… 🙂

That aircraft looks in excellent shape 🙂
Well done to all the team involved!