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Hi.
Anyone know the date for this one at mildenhall. 🙂
Phil.

Phil

17 Sep 1994 was the last show at Finningley. 1995 the station was running down and there was not enough service or civilians around to put on the show and it was then decided that Waddington would take over the mantle. I moved to Wyton in Jun 95.

Brian

Patience please Phil.

It was first thing this morning at work when I made my last post and had to wait untill I got home to have sometning to eat and my cup of tea before I dug out the photographs.

The year is 1991 and the date was the 21st September.

The silver aeroplane, just for completeness, behind the Rapide tail is a J/1 Autocrat.

Brian

P.S. It was the same show that the SU-27 Russian Knights appeared at.

Thanks Brian.
1991, i thought Finningley had finished by then. 😮
once again thanks
Phil.

Patience please Phil.

It was first thing this morning at work when I made my last post and had to wait untill I got home to have sometning to eat and my cup of tea before I dug out the photographs.

The year is 1991 and the date was the 21st September.

The silver aeroplane, just for completeness, behind the Rapide tail is a J/1 Autocrat.

Brian

P.S. It was the same show that the SU-27 Russian Knights appeared at.

LAHARVE

Having spent 12 years working at Finningley I think you could be right. There is a No 1 painted in the hanger windows just to the left of the tail above the foliage. That would make it the Search and Rescue hanger and between the hanger and the end of the frame is what appears to be a substantial building, which was on the other side of the road behind the hanger, in which JFACTSU (Joint Forward Air Controllers Training Support Unit before you ask) was based. If I trawl through my photo collection I can probably get an accurate date.

Brian

Yes it could be Robin hood, oh i mean finningley, but what year. 😀
Thanks Phil.

LAHARVE

Having spent 12 years working at Finningley I think you could be right. There is a No 1 painted in the hanger windows just to the left of the tail above the foliage. That would make it the Search and Rescue hanger and between the hanger and the end of the frame is what appears to be a substantial building, which was on the other side of the road behind the hanger, in which JFACTSU (Joint Forward Air Controllers Training Support Unit before you ask) was based. If I trawl through my photo collection I can probably get an accurate date.

Brian

You mean from birth to the age of 10??? 😉

Naa didn’t get camera till i was 25 😀

Finningly ?

I was thinking that or maybe Cranfield but haven’t been on those airfields so i couldn’t say for sure.

Finningly ?

Wrong hangars for it to be at Abingdon.

It’s Dragon Rapide G-ACZE, which makes the shot post 1984 as it was registered in 1/85. In my experience these machines didn’t often travel too far from home (Chalmington Manor in Dorset) and the hangars look typical RAF so my guess is Abingdon??

I would quite agree with that and also thought it looked like Abingdon. This Rapide actually lived at Henstridge, as it couldn’t get into Chalmington Manor’s strip, and was often seen at Woburn, Hatfield,Old Warden and other historic DH-related places. I believe it is currently CofA expired at Henstridge, after the collection was split up.

I probably remember for the first 10 years then it gets hazy 😀
phil.

You mean from birth to the age of 10??? 😉

Afraid not..you mean you go places and take photos and can’t remember where you took them?? This is Brian Woodford’s Dragon Rapide G-ACZE, but the background appears to be a RAF Station somewhere?

I probably remember for the first 10 years then it gets hazy 😀
phil.

It’s Dragon Rapide G-ACZE, which makes the shot post 1984 as it was registered in 1/85. In my experience these machines didn’t often travel too far from home (Chalmington Manor in Dorset) and the hangars look typical RAF so my guess is Abingdon??

Bump.
Nobody know were the last pic was taken then? 😮
Phil.

Afraid not..you mean you go places and take photos and can’t remember where you took them?? This is Brian Woodford’s Dragon Rapide G-ACZE, but the background appears to be a RAF Station somewhere?

Bump.
Nobody know were the last pic was taken then? 😮
Phil.

It Fairford alright, thats a Portugese Puma in the background. That should help date it.

Checked my archives and date is 22 July 1989. Shot the Puma, but ignored the Wessex, as it was common as the time – a foolish error!

Er Bruggen 130 and Philip Elcock are one of the same

How amusing! I didn’t realise.

I think it was Fairford 1989. XT604 was in the static, as was a Portugese Puma – see here:
http://www.scramble.nl/mil/show/showreports/fairfo89.htm

Yes your right,just found Air Display Int for 1989 and there it is.
Thanks uksceneryman 🙂 here’s one more that i haven’t a clue were i took it 😮
Phil.

I think it was Fairford 1989. XT604 was in the static, as was a Portugese Puma – see here:
http://www.scramble.nl/mil/show/showreports/fairfo89.htm