RAF Finningley 1974(or’75) I remember arriving at the base & as we drove towards the public area we passed rows of Varsitys, the Beverley sat on the apron & the RAF’s own aircraft and variety outnumbered those in private hands.
It was a time when the Red Arrows flew Gnats, Lightnings,Phantoms,Hunters, Canberras, Vulcans &Victors ruled the day & the only warbird was the Lanc.
It sometimes makes you feel old when you see aircraft in museums that were reletively new back then i.e. Harrier GR1 & Jaguar-6yrs old, Tornado-still a prototype under construction,& Belfasts still wore roundels-aah the good old days eh!
Mind you, some 30 odd years on who at the time would have thought that we should be lucky to see such wonderful varieties & numbers of Vintage Warbirds grace our skies-in many ways the even better new days.;) 😉
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