I would guess the Hind was taken at an Empire Air Day in tha late 30’s. Looks like it might be Old Sarum to me?? But there were plenty of stations with Belfast Truss hangars at the time?

Personally I would rather hear a Merlin that what ever engines these RV6/Europa/Long Eze have? As for homebuilts my interest dissapeared when the above became prevelant. You could see the workmanship in a Taylor mono/Isacs Fury/Luton Minor these new kitplanes all look the same.
From year to year FL varies very little . Personally if they parked the interesting visitors( German ex SAAF Harvards, Swiss P2/3’s, Norweigan DC3) crowd side I would go to FL every time. The PFA had the Ok- Morava and LY- An2 this year plus loads of Yaks and it wins over FL every time for sheer numbers.
Personally I do not go to airshows. I went to RIAT this year(first since 1998) and that was it. I go to flyins because I love vintage British aircraft. I go to every Popham event becuase I love the atmosphere. If I go to an event and if any aircraft is miles away I get annoyed.
I did try a few years ago to get limited genuine enthusiast access to the visiting flightline at Duxford. This wold have been between the last visiting aircraft landing and the start of the flying. Sadlly the HSE has taken care of that.
A spotter always has diffrent requirements that the avid warbird/miljets person. I loved Biggin Hill in the late 70’s/early 80’s. All the visiting aircraft crowd side and the hangars open. Sadly this has gone and I will not return to Biggin.
My perfect airshow? Somewhere like Hurn or Southend. All hangars open, a 200+ flyin in the morning with full access. A flying display 12 til 5 with lots of aircraft doing flybys only so I have to stay to get the regs!!!

It does not seem a massive increase in area that I first imaganed. I would perfer to see the RE8 on the deck. Its not a massive aircraft but as rare as they get, surely somewhere on the ground could be found? What about the Hermes it seems neither inside or outside! Are they just not sure if it will get under the doors?

Tell me about it! As a spotter doing both its a pain. PFA on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday I have to do Fowlmere and Cambridge before going to Duxford, a very long weekend!

The AEW3 was a good airframe with bad radar/systems. I would rather seen on the ‘Comrods’ (Comet airframe Nimrod systems) that were at Farnborough and Wodford preserved. But they faded away in the early 90’s.

The Vimy is the original Alcock & Brown Atlantic crosser. It was rebuilt after its crash landing in Ireland in 1919 and presented to the museum in the early 20’s. It only has a BAPC number as it flew too early to merit a civil registration.
Nice to see the SE5a in a civil scheme, what a sight those sky writers must have been in their day? NIce for a trip up to the museum have not been since school trips in the 80’s.

Is the 17th Nov the definitive last flight? Will have to go to Filton if so. I am dissapointed that some flybys at Filton,Fairford and Farnborough could not have been done after all the development was done there?
The airport in Barbados is a ****hole, and has no hangar even remotely big enough to house Conc. Apparantly a hotel owner offered a silly amount for one. There are no preserved aircraft on the island but no scrappies either. It will end up delipated and forgotten in 10 years.