(with apologies to Karn Evil 9 First Impression by Emerson Lake and Palmer)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We’re so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside!
Its Pageant Time folks, so if it flies drives threshes or chugs, its out and doing its stuff.
For those wondering, farm machinery is where the Shuttleworth money came from.
Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air
About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare,
Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered, in the cold
Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold.
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I will be there.
As ever work started early to get the aircraft to the line,
Step inside! Hello! We’ve the most amazing show
You’ll enjoy it all we know
Step inside! Step Inside!
Amazing indeed, I was one of the lucky people who got a ride in peter Holloways Storch, and what an amazing and quite bonkers machine it is too. Thanks very much Peter.
Forward speed = not much
Come inside, the show’s about to start
Guaranteed to blow your head apart
Rest assured you’ll get your money’s worth
The greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth.
And start it did. This time I managed to find a different shooting location
Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline
Will perform on guillotine
What a scene! What a scene!
Well ok, its tenuous but Gypsys and Moths go together, well they do in aviation. A formation of much mothery was presented, headed by the DH51!
BLV and BWD
The sign says it all!
down the hill!
By: SEMAE - 10th September 2010 at 18:22
Very nice selection. All very appealing and I always enjoy the air to ground pics when you post them.
Cheers
Martin
By: davecurnock - 10th September 2010 at 10:38
Brilliant shots (as usual), Nick!
Thanks for posting.
By: Manonthefence - 10th September 2010 at 06:44
Thanks
They are aiming to finish the Spitfire by 2012. Regular (ish) updates are posted on the Shuttleworth Collection Facebook page.
By: Manston Airport - 10th September 2010 at 00:21
Nice shots there Nick thanks for posting 😎 Do you know how there Spitfire is coming along?
James
By: AVI - 9th September 2010 at 23:32
Wow
Hey, Manonthefence, thanks for the wonderful, exciting show!
You’ve put us right IN the airshow with your photography.
Personally, I’m not usually one for the old tube-n-fabric stuff, but you have brought the old planes to life and given me a different appreciation of the old-time aircraft.
Thanks. Good job.
By: wiseman - 9th September 2010 at 00:54
All that hapening behind the fence? I’m envious 🙂
Great pix of a beautiful day. Thanks.
By: Manonthefence - 8th September 2010 at 22:14
There behind a glass is a real blade of grass
Be careful as you pass.
Move along! Move along!
Speaking of rare, when was the last time a Storch and Lysander shared the air
together?
Speaking of even rarer, the one of a kind Parnall Elf and Chilton DW1
Pup and Bristol
And a glorious couple of passes by PA474
“I can see (for) Miles and Miles!”
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
To Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Dixieland, Dixieland!
Two aircraft with a Tommy Sopwith connection, in the air together at the same time! Get away! Sopwith Triplane and Hawker Sea Hurricane flew in the same segment together and a superb job was done by the pilots to display them together. It was as if they were dancing!
Performing on a stool we’ve a sight to make you drool
Seven virg…….ok better not. But if the Hind and Gladiator doesn’t have the drool factor then what does?
And then it was time to put everything to bed. The Dorothy’s pulling power came into its own.
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively our own,
All our own. All our own.
Come and see the show! Come and see the show! Come and see the show!
See the show!
The picture says it all. If last year is anything to go by it should be a bit special. See you there.
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