Shuttleworth Evening Air Display August 19

Was it you walking around Old warden on the Sundoy of the de Haviland charity event this year asking for pilots signitures?

Me? No. I’ve never been to Old Warden before.

Just look for a guy trying to give the vendors about £5.00 more than asked for because of previous air show experiences and you’ll have found me!

Was it you walking around Old warden on the Sundoy of the de Haviland charity event this year asking for pilots signitures?

Don’t forget to get a flight line walk so that you can get a bit closer to the aircraft. You may even get me to be your guide!

Just look for a guy trying to give the vendors about £5.00 more than asked for because of previous air show experiences and you’ll have found me!

Don’t forget to get a flight line walk so that you can get a bit closer to the aircraft. You may even get me to be your guide!

Dont worry too much, you can always ask who your guide will be and ask for a later one! 😉

I once took my son and a load of his mates when they were at the tender age of about 9, you know, the age when they are a complete pain and just want to muck about, but did they, no, I think it was the only airshow that they truly appreciated, and some of them went to many, from Mildenhall, borrrrrring, apart from the snake slide and burgers, to Finningley, cool, what kid gets to go in the Tornado flight simulator with a load of French Mirage 2000 pilots and has fun with the crack, then walks out and bumps into the F-117 pilot who gives him a load of ‘information’ and signs his poster.
Not only that, but at Walden, the little wooden bar serves the best Charles Wells I have ever tasted. It’s a wonderful place, my favourite airshow venue of all time.
Ooh, we’ve got another wicket.

I’m contemplating hijacking my brother’s car on August 19th and shooting off to Old Warden for Shuttleworth’s Evening Air Display.

I’ve seen pictures of previous events held there and they look quite a relaxed affair, especially the evening displays.

Does anyone know what the line up for the August 19 display will be? I can’t find any information as to what’s displaying at all.

Any tips on how to tackle the event? What time to get there? Is it a flask and sandwich event? Do I need a large step ladder like so many people at the bigger airshows bring along (Okay, so I’m joking about the step ladder)?

Cheers,

Paul

Don’t forget to get a flight line walk so that you can get a bit closer to the aircraft. You may even get me to be your guide!

For me there are 3 things that make Old Warden so special.
The aeroplanes (at the last count 15 of the aeroplane are unique, and they all fly) are something special. So many of them are uniwue in terms of survivors and several more are the only flying examples. And the rest with 1 excection are not exactly comman.
The location. The aeroplanes are of a certain ere and the airfield looks like it is in a time warp. Apart from the Sandy ariel mast the skyline could be from the 1930’s.
The pilots. They are extremly talented and get to fly some of the rarest aeroplanes in the world. How they can go from flying a 747-400 one day to climbing into the Edwardians that everning is beyond me.

One of the nicest things about Shuttleworth (And there are many) is that because it is compact it is perfectly possible to lay out a picnic behind / in front of your car and spend the whole event at the one spot.

Or if you’re really lucky, someone else from the back will have taken a liking to your car, and decided to have their picnic in front/behind your car. I wasn’t too impressed, they were about a foot away from my cars front bumper! 😮

It makes me wish I had my Dad’s 1973 MGB Roadster with me. I could have driven that up to the show and really let my hair down (Which is virtually impossible. Those who know me will testify to that).

Pimms, anyone? 😉

Hardtop, but been done. Car park’s usually a little fuller… From this thread, an acknowledgement of a very generous gesture by Hairyplane.

About the only things that aren’t allowed are BBQs and dogs in the hangers!

Mind you Polythene Pam does strike a discordant note.

Wasn’t Polythene Pam the name of one of those dodgy blow up dolls that Del and Rodney got hold of in an episode of Only Fools and Horses?

Hang on… Wikipedia just told me that it’s a Beatles song.

Or it might be a name for a polythene bag.

I just keep seeing that 1930’s picnic scenerio. A white and red chequered table cloth laid on the grass with an open picnic hamper and a bottle of bubbly…

Marvellous!

Generally speaking there’s a few picnic tables with candlesticks and silver champagne cooler buckets scattered around.

Mind you Polythene Pam does strike a discordant note.

Moggy

Somehow the whicker picnic hamper seems to be in keeping with the atmosphere

I just keep seeing that 1930’s picnic scenerio. A white and red chequered table cloth laid on the grass with an open picnic hamper and a bottle of bubbly…

Marvellous!

It makes me wish I had my Dad’s 1973 MGB Roadster with me. I could have driven that up to the show and really let my hair down (Which is virtually impossible. Those who know me will testify to that).

Pimms, anyone? 😉

My next door neighbour sometimes pops along with his 1947 MG TC (ex Tristan Farnham from TVs All Creatures Great & Small), it is the only time, apart from Little Gransden, when he drives it to park it in a field (normally too busy rallying his MGA in France)
Somehow the whicker picnic hamper seems to be in keeping with the atmosphere

It makes me wish I had my Dad’s 1973 MGB Roadster with me. I could have driven that up to the show and really let my hair down (Which is virtually impossible. Those who know me will testify to that).

Pimms, anyone? 😉

I hope you are bitten by the Shuttleworth bug. (Its silver and blue and has two wings) and come back many more times.

I’m going! All that will be left of my brothers car will be some tyre marks on the driveway!

Shuttleworth……go and judge for yourself, you won’t be disappointed!

Steve

One of the nicest things about Shuttleworth (And there are many) is that because it is compact it is perfectly possible to lay out a picnic behind / in front of your car and spend the whole event at the one spot.

You won’t, of course. If this is your first visit you’ll want to rush around like a loon drinking the whole thing in.

Have fun.

Moggy

No overpriced burgers and a car park within 2mins walk? Reasonably priced food? Aircraft displaying anything but their belly? A NATURAL SLOPE????

I think Shuttleworth need to catch up a little. 😉

So you’re basically telling me that it’s a air show enthusiasts dream.