Cracking shots YakRider!

Will it be at ………..?

And was this the aircraft that was damaged in a taxying mishap a while back?

Cheers

Paul

I think it’s all to easy to get into ‘the same old stuff’ frame of mind, and I know I’ve been guilty this in the past.

But as has been pointed out, we are VERY lucky to see the types of aircraft we do at airshows in the UK, and that could be one of the reasons why people think like this!

With the current economic climate, plus the increasing cost of putting on an airshow along with the ever increasing bureaucracy for those involved, I think we should be happy that people are still willing to organise, and take part in them. It’s often only when I look back at videos, pictures, or just recall memories of a particular show, that it really hits me how lucky I was to be present, and how after a length of time, I appreciate it even more.

As someone who likes the Warbirds/Historics (along with the fact that I haven’t been to any other Duxford show in recent years other than Flying Legends), the line up for the forthcoming May show might well tempt me to go, given there are a number of Warbirds listed to take part instead of just one or two. I suppose it really comes down to the type of aircraft you like or would like to see, and also what you are looking for in an airshow that influences you to go.

I’m sure all airshow organisers look at ways to make things different from show to show, but sometimes it might not be practical due to the type of show it is (i.e aimed at the broadest audience possible as opposed to a specialist show), or they don’t want to change it because it has worked well in the past.

Just my 2 pence worth.

Cheers

Paul

camlobe,

Many thanks for that info.

Very interesting!

Cheers

Paul

Happy Birthday Fluffy.

Hope you had a good one! 🙂

Cheers

Paul

For those interested, display dates for April & May 2008 are now up at the BBMF site:

http://www.bbmf.co.uk/displaydates.html

Cheers

Paul

Very sad news. 🙁

R.I.P Mr Pay.

Paul

Gosh, hard to believe two years has passed.

As people have said many times before, the Airshow scene doesn’t quite feel the same any more.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNIG40dUZY

Cheers

Paul

Hi

Has anyone got any info on these I saw over in Farnham, Surrey?

At 11.15am today I saw a biplane shadowing a larger aircraft. The larger aircraft was possibly a twin prop which loosely resembled an Islander being high winged. It looked quite sleek with an airliner type or protruding type nose. Had thin undercarriage struts in the downward position. The struts were situated closer to the tip of the wings rather than the main body of the airacrft.

The biplane sounded as if it could be a Stearman. Both aircraft were travelling in a generally southerly direction. I thought the formation rather unusual. Sorry if the info is confusing. Both aircraft were too far away for me to be more positive.

The second sighting was at 2.35pm. I could hear it for some time before I managed to locate it through a window. By then it was far away. This was a high wing monoplane and sounded like the Rearwin Cloudster that is based in Popham. It was heading in a generally north east direction and at one time was south of Farnborough airport but moving past it.

Can anybody out there corroborate these sightings or confirm any of the info or offer any suggestions?

Thank you

Martin

Martin

I was going to post this in the ‘Spotted’ thread!

I saw the biplane formation passing slightly to the east of us heading south east (roughly in the direction of Shoreham) at about 11.18 am.

The biplane did indeed look & sound like a Stearman (it also looked like it was painted blue), and was leading the formation. I’m not sure what the other aircraft was, but it was a larger high wing, sigle engine monoplane, possibly a turbo prop, and appeared to be painted white. :confused:

Cheers

Paul