Tornados have visited Southend a couple of times recently. It goes without saying that both times I’ve missed them 🙁

I believe OVT was sold for the sum of £1

Such a shame that Monarch Engineering has now ceased operating too.

We’ve only been the once, and it was quite busy. Car park fills up very quickly. We attended the service in Air Space, which was very nice.
Food and drink outlets will no doubt have long queues.

I was banned from our local newspaper forum a few years ago. They were very “Traveller” friendly, and you weren’t allowed to criticize them, or refer to them as “Pikeys”
It has got to a ridiculous level nowadays. You only have to say boo to someone now, and they will claim you abused them.
There’s a very good YouTube video entitled, “The age of emotional Incontinence”, which is well worth a watch. Everything nowadays has to pitched at the level of a 5 yr old..

Nice pictures Simon. They were indeed very lucky with the weather.

My mistake as regards which Airforce the T55 Vampire pilot flies for…It is Finland as suggested. It was quite noisy, and my hearing isn’t good.

Quote ……

.”Pilot Jyri Mattila
Display pilot D.H. Vampire.
Flying experience: More than 2500 hours.

Jyri Matilla is the newest pilot who joined the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron in the 2017 season and checked out in the de Havilland Vampire as a display pilot. Jyri is from our neighbour country Finland.
He is a fighter pilot joining the Finnish Air Force in 1996. Holding the position as the Finnish Air Force chief test pilot and flying F/A-18 Hornets and BAE Hawk among others.

Jyri has flown more than 60 different types of aircraft and besides his work in the air force he flies airshow displays and aerobatic competitions with Extra 300 and Pitts S-12. He also enjoys flying and towing gliders.
Jyri has also huge experience in organizing air displays at airshows as Display Director and deputy at the main annual Finnish air show event. From his test pilot duties he has flown a number of fighter aircraft besides
the Fi AF inventory aircraft like JAS 39 Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale among others….. “

Quote: “£2 billion (approximately $2.66 billion) will be spent by the British government on the project by 2025″ Will that be x 2 or x 3 ?

Anyway, I hope this wind dies down a bit, otherwise it could seriously curtail flying this weekend.

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