My Dad for me too! He took me to the shows at Wethersfield in the early 60s, and even had the presence of mind to take some photos! I’ve posted a few of those over the years.
Every now and again I’d nag him into taking me up to our local airport at Rochford and watched the old Channel Air Bridge Vikings and Daks IIRC as well as Bristol Freighters and subsequently Carvairs.
I remember being taken to a couple of shows at North Weald in the mid 60s too. As a result of his business connections, I was taken round the old BKS and Aviation Traders hangers at Southend (Rochford) around that time and remember seeing and sitting in the old BKS Brits, Ambassadors/Elizabethans and Viscounts. It was downhill from there really 🙂
My interests are now as much about photography as the aircraft and it’s a superb way to enjoy two hobbies at the same time. I still show my dad the pics and video I take each time I go to a display (I’m sure he’s truly fed up with most of the pics) and have tried to take him to Duxford for FL which I know he’d enjoy but, following a trip there a few years ago he says he can’t do the standing around any more. Still, I’ve a lot to thank him for!
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