Great day out until just before the end. The weather was a bit of a pain- kept clouding over just at the wrong moment! Did anyone else notice that there seemed to be more people with press passes than spectators?
More to follow
By: f4 - 20th June 2003 at 19:06
A look at Coventry’s airshow this week at Air-Scene UK – better late than never!
By: AlexisLambert - 3rd June 2003 at 11:08
Mark Linney is going to get his hands on the F-86 again just as soon as Cliff stops hogging it.
Rolf and Rod are down as pilots of both aircraft. The same goes for them as for Mark, when Cliff is not hogging it. It’s apparently quite difficult for him to prize his fingers from around the stick.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 3rd June 2003 at 10:19
Lee has been flying fighters with both OFMC and TFC for many years now (8 or 9 at least).
By: Everton_1878 - 3rd June 2003 at 10:10
Is Lee Proudfoot moving up in power then?
Bit diff to flying the Lizzie
By: Steve Beebee - 3rd June 2003 at 10:00
Yes, the commentator got all the Breitling Fighter pilots wrong.
Ray flew the Spitfire, Nigel Lamb flew the Mustang, and it was Lee Proudfoot in the Corsair.
If I remember rightly, Ray is a youthful 75 – but don’t quote me 🙂
By: EwenT - 3rd June 2003 at 08:48
Ray Hanna WAS flying the Spitfire.
By: dhfan - 3rd June 2003 at 06:00
I assumed Ray Hanna was flying MH434 but I’m sure I heard the commentator say it was Nigel Lamb.
Who was it really?
Agewise, there was a brief interview with Ray in the mag we’re not allowed to mention a few months ago. Said his first flight was in 1948 in RNZAF. 73/74 sounds about right.
By: Gareth Horne - 2nd June 2003 at 23:18
No sign of you on any of the originals I’m afraid Damien, the only thing I’ve cropped out of the above image is a white Land Rover bonnet on the extreme left.
Know what you mean about just getting the smoke trails Everton, its one of those cases where if you see it in the viewfinder you know you’ve missed it!
:rolleyes:
By: SR71Habu183 - 2nd June 2003 at 22:53
Cheers Steve & Alexis. Good to see Mark Linney flying the T33 (and presumably the F86) again. Does anyone know whether Rod Dean and Rolf Meum still fly them?
By: Everton_1878 - 2nd June 2003 at 22:36
As Damien wrote, fantastic picture Gareth
Hope mine are half as good as, though I think I’ll probably just have smoke trails of where the Extra had been 😀
By: AlexisLambert - 2nd June 2003 at 22:25
Canberra was flown by Dave Piper.
Sea Vixen was Brian Grants responsability.
Meteor was Dan Griffiths.
Vampire was Paul Morris even though the commentator called him Dave.
Hunter was John Hurrell.
What happened to the Strikemaster that was supposed to be there?
And i think a Gnat would have been appropriate.
By: Steve Beebee - 2nd June 2003 at 20:37
Hi,
Don’t know about the Canberra, but it was Cliff Spink in the Sabre and Mark Linney in the T-33
Steve
By: SR71Habu183 - 2nd June 2003 at 18:51
Does anyone know who flew the Canberra, F86 and T33?
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd June 2003 at 12:52
Originally posted by EwenT
And their leader being 73/74 years old.
Good god! Damn near spat my coffee out reading that!
I hadn’t thought about that at all, but I suppose he must be. Let’s see, Mark was 40 when he passed away, would have been 44 this year. Father and son about thirty years apart… yeah, that tallies up.
Blimey, Ray does extremely well for an oldie. If I’m still able to say my own name at 73 I’ll consider that a triumph! 😀
By: Everton_1878 - 2nd June 2003 at 09:55
Is Ray Hanna older than his Spit then? :p
By: EwenT - 2nd June 2003 at 09:54
Originally posted by SteveYoung
Stevieb, great shot of that Breitling formation. It always amazes me how tight they manage to keep it, despite flying four (three in this case) very disimilar types. The sign of some very switched on aviators…
And their leader being 73/74 years old.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st June 2003 at 23:44
Stevieb, great shot of that Breitling formation. It always amazes me how tight they manage to keep it, despite flying four (three in this case) very disimilar types. The sign of some very switched on aviators…
By: Everton_1878 - 1st June 2003 at 23:23
Is the Sea Vixen down to come to Southport?
Might have to go and see her if she is
By: EGNM - 1st June 2003 at 23:21
Some excellent photos of some real classic a/c there! As more of a commercial fan i think the Electras in particular look fantastic, and the Sea Vix in her Red Bull c/s certainly looks better flying in that c/s than she may have “sat on the ground” in a Mil one, if you get my drift…
Can’t wait to see some of them either at Elvington or Southport later this year – coming to think about i hows about Sunderland too! Will have to get the diary out for some serious time planning!
By: Everton_1878 - 1st June 2003 at 23:07
Originally posted by EwenT
Quite frankly the Press Pass brigade were a pain, even setting up there gear ON an active taxiway and wandering around aircraft with engines running with no sense of danger to themselves or others They seemed to have not an ounce of common sense. I think they should be banned from the active side.
The official photographers were always getting in the way, stopped talking in front of the ac
Almost as bad as Duxford :p
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