Shuttleworth Sat 17th

😮 Bien sur, mon petit chat ancien. C’est meilleur comme ca parceque les agents de l’air du CAA parlez tres fort dans un situation comme ca. “Jamais encore………..!!!!!!”
Felicitations,
Trapper 69

Quel domage 🙁

Moggy

My Take on the night….

First effort posting…

This may be a repeat as I tried posting last night & nowt has appeared.

😮 Bien sur, mon petit chat ancien. C’est meilleur comme ca parceque les agents de l’air du CAA parlez tres fort dans un situation comme ca. “Jamais encore………..!!!!!!”
Felicitations,
Trapper 69

Bien sur, mon petit chat ancien. C’est meilleur comme ca parceque les agents de l’air du CAA parlez tres fort dans un situation comme ca. “Jamais encore………..!!!!!!”
Felicitations,
Trapper 69

Perhaps the Cessna Aerobat display was a little too brilliant for comfort. Low level stall turns, even if they go as intended are not a manouever likely to enhance the longivity of any relatively new DA holder. There is a time and a place and, most importantly, a height…………..!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been there, done that and was lucky to be able to purchaes the tee shirt rather than the farm.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

Ooops :rolleyes:

Does this suggest he might be getting a little bit of ‘friendly advice’ ?

Moggy

Perhaps the Cessna Aerobat display was a little too brilliant for comfort. Low level stall turns, even if they go as intended are not a manouever likely to enhance the longivity of any relatively new DA holder. There is a time and a place and, most importantly, a height…………..!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been there, done that and was lucky to be able to purchaes the tee shirt rather than the farm.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

What a wondeful eening it appears to have been

There was an open air concert at Radley College in Oxfordshire that apparently had a Spitfire and Hurricane display with it. A possibility for the HAC Spit/ Hurri?

BTW did anyone notice the HAC Hurricane passing overhead during the Sea Hurricane and Spitfire V formation? Anyone have any ideas as to where it had been?

Yes.

In fact it went East – West earlier in the evening, passing to the South of OW and well clear, then returned during the Spit / Hurri section travelling West – East, presumably back to Dux.

Anyone know where it had been?

Moggy

I hadn’t been to Old Warden since 1989 and my wife had never been, so we chose to settle this little misdemeanour by going the last night’s display.

We thought twice about going as the weather around Ipswich was appalling yesterday morning, but we pleased to hear that the conditions around Old Warden had been pretty good all day. It was a truly wonderful evening of flying, and we both thoroughly enjoyed the proceedings!

As WWII era fans it was great to see the Sea Hurricane and Spit strut their stuff, always much closer to the crowd than other shows. The PT-22 was a real highlight, along with the strange engine note. 🙂

As usual the standard of the photo’s on this forum is superb, but despite lacking a zillion pounds worth of camera gear we managed to get some quite nice photos. It’s been decided that we really should invest in another camera as soon as the pennies will allow! 😀

Again a great evening and we promise not to leave it so long between visits in the future! 😉

Cheers

Justyn

I’d agree with all that has been said regarding the show, it was a brilliant day out. Nice to see the Jungmann getting an airing. The ‘heavies’ towards the end were, as ever, excellent. Highlight for me had to be the Miles quartet, I don’t think such a formation of Miles types has ever taken place before ? I must also mention the Cessna 150, cracking display. It was nice to see the Edwardians up as well. All in all, a fantastic day out, as Andy said, classic Shuttleworth.

BTW did anyone notice the HAC Hurricane passing overhead during the Sea Hurricane and Spitfire V formation? Anyone have any ideas as to where it had been?

Hashdef, nice pictures, and very quick off the mark. I’ve only just got home!

It was a splendid evening’s display. The light was good and with plenty of interesting sky – and plenty of interesting things in the sky. If only the Blackburn could do topside passes like the Spit……..

It was nice to meet Auster Fan & family, you picked a good evening to return to Old Warden, Ian.

Rob.

What a wonderful introduction to evening displays at Old Warden! All that was said by others about the atmosphere was spot on, as indeed was the company – good to meet you guys in such a great setting. I’ll be back, have no fear. Knackered though as I didn’t get home ’till 11.30pm – AF Junior slept all the way home!

Good stuff hashdef. The shot of the Humming Bird and the Moth looks as though it was taken above cloud…very evocative. Good to see Jemima the Gemini flying. The cloud makes it look as though she’s trailing smoke. Her previous owner reckoned she’d only been out in the rain twice in her existence, hence no worries over the glue problem that can wooden aircraft.

Nice to see the guys.

That was an incredible evening. In the morning, battling thunderstorms and rain to get the Colt out of the clutches of the menders I just knew we would scrub the planned trip by the early afternoon.

We didn’t, and were rewarded with a classic ‘OW Sunset’. Didn’t even put the sweater on until after the main show had finished.

Highlights, apart from company, included were masterly demonstration of the art of flying three roped together biplanes in choppy conditions and amazingly the show by the 150 Aerobat. Wonderful!!! Take a bow that man – Colin Hudson?

I don’t know how many lingered after the main show but we did. It was far too balmy to go home and we get that sort of evening so infrequently here in the UK. The Lysander was away on a conversion-to-type and it became progressively darker and darker. The tower were amusing themselves firing off Very Cartridges which we wondered if they were meant as ‘get home now’ signals.

By the time it was virtually pitch dark the fire tenders were arranged on the crowdline, parallel to the runway, with their blues and ambers winking.

It started to get a little worrying, and then eventually the faintest sound of a Bristol Mercury could be heard, growing gradually more definite, until the aircraft appeared, just visible against the slightly lighter sky. I know everyone in our group breathed out at that moment.

Watching a Lysander land in the dusk, feeling a genuine sense of relief, was an authentic wartime experience. Amazing. And all this so few miles from Tempsford.

I don’t do airshow pictures.

Here’s one from 1940.

Moggy

Hashdef,

Such a speedy posting shows true dedication to the cause . Either that, or there is no food in your house!

Got to get in quick before they are shown up by the 10D brigade 😉

Old Warden…

Hi
the pictures show how perfect the weather was.
It was a really Classic OW saturday night.
Thanks for posting.
Andy

Hashdef,

Thanks for the pics, looks like it was a nice evening. I wish I had made the effort now.

Such a speedy posting shows true dedication to the cause . Either that, or there is no food in your house!