anyone’s comming to 2010 riat show? or i’l be the onlt one? 😉

btw, i bought ticket for the grandstand, will i be able to see the departure/arivels from the ground? will i be able to see the tough down from the stand?

what zoom do i require? is 300 FF okay or to use teleconverter to 400?

A 300 zoom should be plenty for most things.

FC

There was also a Fairey Hendon, K5094 that crashed in November 1938 after an unauthorised take-off from Marham at night in the hands of two unqualified LAC’s. Apparently, it stalled after the 2nd ‘pilot’ closed the throttles at about 150 feet and was written off with a broken back.

The two airmen weren’t seriously hurt and they were court-martialled and sentenced to 12 months detention.

FC

Another shot from the Halfpenny Green Airshow of 210883. I know the Spitfire is G-FIRE but what is the Anson? Is it WD413 now with the Air Atlantique Classic Flight? (You will have to excuse the quality, again taken with a 110 camera)

Yep. That’s the one.

At that time, it’s civil registration was G-BFIR.

Regards,

FC

To my mind (and ears), it was a toss up between the Lightning and F-111. The Lightning was just deafening and the F-111 was guaranteed to set off every car alarm for miles around. :diablo:

Wasn’t Langley used afterwards as the site for a Ford truck factory? I seem to remember in dark, dim, distant past driving past there on the M4 on the way to London.

With the present rate of procuring aircraft for the British military, I don’t think that any of us are going to be alive long enough to find out. Especially when you think that the ZA range was started nearly 30 years ago and it’s only up to the ZK range now.

Hi Fatcivvy, where do you have these info from? Would be nice to know?
Martin

Martin,

I got the info from the Putnams’ book, British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume II by A.J. Jackson.

FC