SX336 first public outing at Shuttleworth

On the subject of a re-enactment at VL, haven,t they moved to the same date as L—–s?

Yes they have 😮

Wonderful four ship photo – thanks MK12!

I imagine that former owner of her would be very pleased – seeing her in der luft 😉 🙂

TT

He is – dead chuffed!

Many thanks for all the complimentary remarks over the weekend and on this and other threads. It does add to making the efforts of all concerned with the project worthwhile. On the subject of a re-enactment at VL, haven,t they moved to the same date as L—–s?

Wonderful four ship photo – thanks MK12!

I imagine that former owner of her would be very pleased – seeing her in der luft 😉 🙂

TT

Get the Avenger over from France too

If the Sea Hurricane could barely keep up what chance has the Avenger got!

Some day, a formation with TFC’s FAA-marked Wildcat and Corsair added would be nice………. 🙂

Nice pics, Mark and Consul.

Get the Avenger over from France too 🙂

The point is entirely moot, it wont happen.

They are indeed, but the Seafire isn’t part of the FAA Historic Flight, it’s owned and operated by Kennet Aviation…. 😉

sorry Kennet Aviation… your Seafire looks fantastic.. she will give me and a huge number of people great pleasure at air displays…
so do you think a Sea Harrier should be kept airworthey…. in Great Britain i mean… i think so. there again i dont think they should be RETIRED just yet… 🙁

Not sure if the Sea Hurricane is going to Yeovilton, I’ll ask.

Wrong decision!

I had plans to do Biggin Hill on Saturday and Old Warden on Sunday, but a late night on Friday plus lots to do at home, meant only one show at the weekend – decisions – planes I needed shots of at Biggin Hill AND Old Warden, but which should I choose? I had been briefed on the planned formation with the Seafire at OW but the Biggin Hill show held more nostalgia as it was my 40th consecutive Biggin show 😮 I was still undecide going along the M4 and made the decision at the M25 interchange – Biggin it was…WRONG DECISION! Although I did well at Biggin and got all I wanted, that formation upstaged everything that will appear this year! Just one question, does anyone know if Yeovilton will re-enact this….Lee perhaps?

Good to see your efforts from yesterday Mark.

And nice to meet you & Mrs Mark12 also – enjoyed chatting to you both. 🙂

Oh, and I hope I didn’t get you into trouble with a certain dog! 😮 😉

I’ll try and get some video footage of the Seafire/Hawker formation edited & uploaded soon.

Cheers

Paul

Excellent show, perfect atmosphere sublime aircraft …… my meagre offerings but I’m still getting used to the trauma of going digital after nearly 50 years of using film !

Lovely shots, I’m kicking myself for not being there, just one question, are the ‘invasion’ stripes applied to the Sea Fury typical of FAA aircraft involved in the Korean conflict and did they apply to other a/c, naval or otherwise, involved in the air war, I know that the DX F-86 has stripes, but how many types did, from pictures I have seen, it didn’t appear to be the norm.

EEEK! These aren’t invasion marks, they are United Nations markings (so often confused with D-Day invasion markings). They were also applied to Seafire FR.47s, Fireflies FR.1s and AS.5s during the conflict.

Lovely shots, I’m kicking myself for not being there, just one question, are the ‘invasion’ stripes applied to the Sea Fury typical of FAA aircraft involved in the Korean conflict and did they apply to other a/c, naval or otherwise, involved in the air war, I know that the DX F-86 has stripes, but how many types did, from pictures I have seen, it didn’t appear to be the norm.

Of course, none of those aircraft ever flew with the Fleet Air Arm – technically, they flew with the Air Branch of the Royal Navy. The name was changed after the Inskip Award (because it was no longer the Fleet Air Arm of the RAF) but the new name never stuck, and was scrapped in the fifties to become Naval Aviation, then finally FAA was reinstated in the 60s – what most people had been calling it all along.

So there!

(Well done Kennet by the way, what a wonderful addition to the circuit)

Isn’t part of the ROYAL NAVY Historic Flight (not FAA Historic Flight – no such thing). Sorry, being pedantic. :rolleyes:

I know that…. but writing RNHF might have clouded the issue further…easier to re-quote 😉

They are indeed, but the Seafire isn’t part of the FAA Historic Flight, it’s owned and operated by Kennet Aviation…. 😉

Isn’t part of the ROYAL NAVY Historic Flight (not FAA Historic Flight – no such thing). Sorry, being pedantic. :rolleyes:

Great stuff 🙂

well done FAA historic flight.. you are doing a great job.. 🙂

They are indeed, but the Seafire isn’t part of the FAA Historic Flight, it’s owned and operated by Kennet Aviation…. 😉

Mark,

Fantastic!

Thanks for the photos. Wish I could have been there to see it.