Roly,

Thank you so much for your memories. I remember Simon’s Circus very well, amd it’s great to hear this sort of first-hand stuff.

It wasn’t Simon’s ‘Circus’, but Simon’s SIRCUS! Tut,tut, Steve! :diablo:

Post 39 – Little Rissington?

Paul F

Correct Paul – well done!

Oh no!!! 😮 😮 Do you honestly mean to say the FAA Museum pulled their Sea Fury, Seafire and Sea Hawk outside in the sun and I missed it??? Why couldn’t they do this on Air Day :confused:

Okay, instead of using Google Earth, here is one I shot today…but where?

Hi Albert – as you can see these are taken from the road that runs around the western end of the runway. On the southern side there is a stretch of the road that is very popular with spotters/enthusiasts and there’s usually a fair few people parked up watching.

You can get to it either via a steep “country lane” type road from the small village of Redhill or there’s a turning from the A38 down to a golf course on the left – that road runs up and around the western end of the runway.

The pics are taken over the fence, with the use of a step ladder.

HTH.
Phil.

Thanks Phil. Do you need a stepladder and if there are a fair few spotters there, is there enough parking space?

….as a friend said ” It’s like losing an old friend”, which just about summed it up. Having seen RR299 perform at displays since the ’60s, her loss was indeed like an old friend that had been part of the UK air show scene ever since she retired from 3 CAACU at Exeter in 1963. I wonder who can post the earliest photo of her?