Logo anyone?
Peter Teichman came with his P40, still looking good in its movie colours
A new display was the Piper Cub duo, one of the aircraft was active on D-Day. An excellent display sneaking up behind the trees. An often forgotten D-Day aircraft
Someones happy!
‘Dave Evans flew in Maurice Hammond’s P51 “Janie”, delayed by the weather but here nonetheless. Dave then met up with Alistair Jay in Ferocious Frankie out of Duxford and put on a superb pairs display sadly cut short by the thunderstorm at the end. Quite simply brilliant.
For those of you stuck in the office on a Monday after the show, think yourselves lucky. The Engineers spent the day draining rainwater out of the aircraft and drying them off before cleaning them ready for the next show (which is on 19th June by the way). I want a new job!
The new Tucano colours whould look even better with some light on them. A very big thumbs up to the RAF for the colour scheme though.
Finale
An excellent Jungmann display
Then the World War 1 aircraft too to the skies
dagga dagga dagga!
somewhere over the Western Front!
A superb Sopwith Triplane display
Release the Edwardians! When the sun sets Shuttleworth comes alive
The Lysander in is natural environment
The Deperdussin hopped, If I can do that when I am that old I will be very happy
The Bleriot just about made it up, bless!
Thanks to Simon for the use of his car headlights (and brilliant idea)
Then, all that was left was to push everything away again
Next show is the D-Day show on June the 6th. See you there !
The Swift Team glider was as impressive as ever
The main flying part was closed by the Lysander
Finally, all the aircraft had to be put back again. Someone has the right idea!
Finally, the Collections Super Cub G-SVAS introduced a new act. Something you may have seen if you live locally in the days leading up to the show. Banner towing!
All in all an excellent days flying, shame about the freezing wind.
The Banner says it all
See you there.
Tug for the day was the Collections Super Cub, in its new guise as G-SVAS. It will be pulling more than gliders this year (as you would have seen if you were a fan of the Shuttleworth Collection on Facebook)
Late on in the afternoon, Old Warden was treated to a practice display by Peter Teichman in Jumpin’ Jacques
Finally, I have a scoop, a surprise new addition to the display circuit
First display is May 2nd You know it makes sense!
The 1914 Truce started here
Which is just around the corner from Mud Corner cemetary. Which itself is overlooked by Prowse Point Cemetary.
All three are on the edge of Plugstreet Wood. We came upon the cross completely by chance while working our way back from Mud Corner to the main road. All our party stood in the drizzle in silence for a good few minutes. This was where history happened and this was a tangiable reminder of it.
Very humbling.
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