It’s only 3 and bit years Mike. 🙂

You must be getting tired of being corrected now with Albert only 7 weeks ago too.

Widgeon, Mallard, Gosling….I give up..think I’ll duck out now before I get goosed!!:rolleyes:

Hi Martin,

How far do you want to go back? I was just about to give you the link to that website when Rob beat me to it! Seems it has been at Sywell since 1951 and joined Brooklands Aviation, hence the red/black scheme. Looking at that website, there is a scan of the logbook which has the name ‘J.F.Coggins’ on the cover. I believe John Coggins was a radio engineer at Coventry and owned the Percival Prince now at Carnaervon and several light aircraft there, so ‘RB may well have been based at Baginton for a while.

Absolutely amazing that this thread has got the attention of two former pilots from “Simon’s Sircus”. I was extremely impressed by this team, hauling such large aircraft about in aerobatic manoeuvres, much like the “Thunderbirds” and “Blue Angels” when both teams flew Phantoms in the early ’70s. I am an aerobatic team historian and I was wondering if there was any official publicity material that you guys could scan and post, like a brochure,perhaps, or I would like to see that publicity shoot of the pilots on the ground at Yeovilton posing with a lion cub? Here is a shot I took at Yeovilton’s Air Day on 7th September 1968 with “Simon’s Sircus” Sea Vixens leading the “Phoenix Five” Buccaneer team from 809 Squadron. I can still hear that wonderful roar of 22 powerful engines roaring past! Yeovilton and Farnborough were the only shows I got to see these two teams perform at, but they were also at Brawdy in August. What other venues did you perform at?

Yugoslav Zlinn aerobatic team?

I have slides of two of these colourful Yugoslav Air Force Zlinns and wonder if they were an aerobatic team before the “Flying Stars” were formed? If so, how many were painted like this and what years did they operate?

Thank you every one.
Albert I have sent you a pm..

Hi resolution scan of my slide inbound to you! Enjoy!;)

VERY good! Spot on! Well done to everyone involved – magnificent!:)

VR930’s got the correct colour roundels, the correct codes and all of the Hawker serial numbers and DTD specs plastered all over the place – all in the correct stencil font – which makes her stand out from a crowd. Have a close look when you see her around the shows this year 🙂

Well done Lee! Between us we’ll get the UK’s warbirds painted authentically!!
Love the new scheme as the Korean one is a bit ‘old hat’. Two-seater – silver with yellow t-bands please – is there any other RN scheme?;)