Glorious Goodwood

Sunday looked glorious from the photos, if blustery, but sadly Monday was a total washout with torrential rain, a waterlogged airfield and about a 400′ cloudbase. I think the only thing flying was our Historic Aircraft Association tent, as we tried to fold it away!

Sadly the gusting winds across the UK also precluded a lot of the vintage light aircraft which were due to attend on one of both days. 🙁

The last I saw of the OFMC Mustang and Spitfire, they were tucked in a nice dry hangar, and along with the Prince, were hoping that the runways have dried sufficiently to allow them to return to their respective bases today.

A great pity, for an event which has the potential of taking over from G-VFWE as a ‘must do’ event. Hopefully Goodwood will be more lucky with the weather next year.

well the weather was pretty poor on the Sunday morning so my wife and kids decided to stay at home, Their loss as the weather during the afternoon was pretty stunning with some superb displays from the Hunter, Spitfire, Harvard amd Pilatus P2. Goodwood is a great venue with some real class and history behind it, similar feeling to Brooklands or Old Warden. Such a shame about the weather on the Monday, no justice for the team putting the show together. I do hope they do not give up and have an even better event next year.

Cancelled ?

Believe at least one day was cancelled due to waterlogging of the venue. It as well as Southend were victims of the not so glorious Bank Holiday weather……