Popham was pretty well attended this year with customers, I’ve never seen a queue so big to get into the show. Having said this aviation related stalls appeared to be minimal but this comes as no surprise. However there were one or two good aviation related stalls selling bits and pieces. I managed to walk away with a complete Vampire tail rudder, Gnat glazed nose cone, and a control wheel from a Vickers Viking. I saw that another aerojumbler managed to secure himself a throttle box from an Avro York, not complete but a substantial piece. So in essence there were few aerojumble stalls but some good pieces to be had, I was certainly happy with my acquisitions. There appeared to be a different layout for the stalls this year, being more concentrated together in rows. I found this a lot easier to get around all of them. Prior to attending I did toy with the idea of getting a stall myself this year to get shot of surplus items but the price of having a stall did put me off, an additional premium for a late booking on top of the already high price secured my decision not to sell. However as I initially pointed out this show does certainly attract a lot of people and I was left wondering if I should have bit the bullet and gone for a stall in the first place, I may well save this for Kenley aerojumble next month. All in all a good productive day for me.
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