One of these days the weather Gods will smile on Old Warden on a show day. Until then we will have to put up with trying conditions and icy cold wind.
In Hangar 1 the PO2 is progressing, the wings and fuselage are being covered
The Spitfire wings are being worked on now they are in their new jigs
The Eds stayes safely tucked up in the hangar due to the high winds
The LAA’s “Build a Plane” project aims to get youngsters involved in all aspects of aviation, the idea being that a number of youth organisations build parts of a Homebuld microlight under supervision of the LAA. It will hopefully give them responsibilities and teach them new skills as a member of a team hopefully inspiring the youngsters onto bigger and better things. A bit like the old Air Ministry remit of “promoting air mindedness”. The three aircraft so far constructed (or part thereof) were present
This is G-TSOB “Spirit of Brooklands” the first build
G-SPDY Number 2
This is the third aircraft, still under construction. With pupils from Yately School who are one of the build teams
Anything that gets people involved with aviation is fine by me.
There was also a fly in of LAA types (and many featured in the display)
Eindekker microlight replica, not sure this flew in though!
Unusual angle on a Optica
Chipmunk porn!
You dont see this every day!
Good to see the brothers Kelly making smoke!
On with the flying proper with a bit of a leery Luscombe display
We are ladies wot Chilton! (shame the wind stopped them flying)
Some one tell him hes got it in reverse!
Hand built by the owner, I still think it looks like a cartoon of the aircraft though (I know what does mine look like!)
The light made photography difficult
By: adrian_gray - 25th June 2010 at 15:41
Hurrah – I was beginning to think that no-one else took any pics (mine are still latent, on the old emulsiony stuff, what do they call it nowadays?) – in fact you can’t have been far from me when they were lining the Hucks starter up, I was on the audience side of the fence.
We took Dad for his 80th birthday, and despite watching most of it from the car (benefit of a Berlingo – huge windscreen!) he loved it. He was delighted with the Lysander. It really made his day as he’d not seen one since they were in service, and as we came back from the gents in near-darkness I took him into the hangar and he had a proper look up close. You don’t get much of that at DX… And Mum has a bad eye and has real trouble with bright lights, so saw a lot more than she would have on a sunny day. So it wasn’t all bad news weather-wise, even if it was cold enough to freeze the balls off a Watt’s Patent Governor.
Now imagine if you could get the Storch, the Lysander, a Westland-Hill Pterodactyl and a Grainger Archaeopteryx – what a stunning assembly of prehistoric flying creatures you’d have!
Very nice, Nick, thank you for posting.
Adrian
By: GliderSpit - 25th June 2010 at 14:12
Thanks for these great pictures.
By: mike currill - 25th June 2010 at 12:28
If that’s what you can turn out when the ligh conditions are difficult just imagine what you’ll be able to turn out on a good day. Honestly they look fine to me, thanks for sharing them with us.
By: Flygirl - 24th June 2010 at 21:54
Great pictures Nick.
By: Manonthefence - 24th June 2010 at 20:38
Nice to see the Elf back
In the end it gets to us all!
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