On 12 July at Bletchley Park, there will be a gathering of wartime aircrew from the RAF, USAAF and Luftwaffe, organised by the Milton Keynes Aviation Society.
This event has really sparked off tremendous interest, and we already have six fantastic aircrew attending, including two very famous Luftwaffe aces (names released soon). One of the attendees has decribed this event as “the last chance to hear about wartime flying straight from the horses mouth, before we all reach the end of the runway.”
I would really love to put the icing on the cake with a late afternoon flypast before the main event starts in the evening. Of course an appropriate warbird would be brilliant, but the best quote we have for a Spitfire / Hurricane is around £2,000, and we are not a rich society.
So, is there anyone out there willing and able to do a flypast for us, in almost any sort of aeroplane, to salute the brave men who will be gathered there? We have some funds – very limited – so any expressions of interest will be eagerly awaited.
Many thanks.
By: John C - 7th January 2005 at 20:09
Check yor PM’s Steve..
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 7th January 2005 at 15:40
‘fraid not but a letter via Sywell Aerodrome, Sywell, Northants NN6 OBN should reach him – good luck!
By: Arabella-Cox - 7th January 2005 at 15:34
PM me and we might be able to arrange something
By: Steve Bond - 7th January 2005 at 15:29
Thanks for the suggestions. Any contact details for Peter Meyrick at all?
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 7th January 2005 at 13:56
I’m sure that a T-6 would be available for less than that – Peter Meyrick has T-6G at Sywell….
By: Firebird - 7th January 2005 at 13:39
12th July……….that’s 2 days after Legends, perhaps a word with TFC might be an idea for a bit of ‘you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours’ type of deal….. 😉
By: whalebone - 7th January 2005 at 13:35
BBMF have done fly overs there before, have you tried them yet ?
I must get up to Bletchley Park sometime, I spent many weeks there many years ago on PO Telephone and Bt training courses. It will be nice to take a look in the huts that (in the 1970’s) were totally ‘out of bounds’ on pain of instant sacking if we even tried to peer the windows !
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January 7, 2005 at 1:05 pm