Not great…went to NO airshows (wish Colorado would get it in gear and get some going in Denver again) 1 fly-in, which was enjoyable, saw the Collings bombers on their stop through, and DID just have an air to air session with a Mustang and two T-6’s this last weekend…but other than that aviation wise it was a bust…

Now on OTHER fronts it was a GREAT summer…

Mark

Where were you during the wonderful seaplane ‘splash-in’ at Boulder City?

I was there in 1997 and shot the entire collection. Good job I did as it is indeed now closed due to lack of funds. I understand that those types not already in the Monino collection will go there, but the rest will be scrapped.

john romain possibly

No, not short enough!

First air shows

First one was Farnborough 1958 – 22 Black Arrows Hunters looping, waves of Hunters, Javelins, all three V-bombers painted white, Fairey Rotodyne, Westland ‘circus’ of about 7-8 different types, Sea Hawk and Scimitar aerobatic teams etc. Then came Battle of Britain or ‘RAF At Home’ days at Abingdon and Colerne, Royal Observers Corps air days and the RAF 50th Anniversary of Military Aviation display at Upavon in 1962. These were all ‘serious’ air shows with a huge input by the services, often including a 38 Group airfield attack with Hunters of 1 & 54 Squadrons beating up the airfield, Twin Pioneer doing a recce, Beverleys dropping parachutists and landing to deploy tanks, Whirlwinds and Belvederes with underslug guns and LandRovers and lots of troops and pyrotechniques everywhere! What does the MoD show the ‘tax-payer’ these days at air shows….not a lot!!

I am very surprised no one has commented, or even apparently noticed, that some of the Commando Sea Kings have FLOATS!!! These are possibly converted HAS.5/6s and wonder if anyone knows the serials?

The pics are great…the SOUND must have been incredible!

Someone once asked me why I’m so interested in “things to do with the war” (specifically aeroplanes), and I just said “They’re so beautiful”.

My girlfriend is finally beginning to understand why I like Spitfires so much, after watching the tailchase at Flying Legends this year! 🙂

When you look at a Blenheim or Beaufighter, just be sure your girlfiend understands your clarification of ‘beauty’ and don’t mention ‘Big Bristols’!! :rolleyes:

Albert,
thank you for sharing that rare photo!
Do you mean you actually shot it or was it purchased ‘second-hand’?
Bye
Fabio

No, I didn’t take it myself (I would have been only 8!). It was given to me by a local friend who gave up collecting slides.