A good day to be flying something that appears to be one large crumple zone, I guess.

Adrian

Flabob Express was still there, with one engine running, at 6pm as I left. I mmust confess that I felt it was a bit ad-hoc too, with a great deal of wondering what was going on going on. I guess iit was driven by things happening in Normandy/Portsmouth?

The Spitfire display was very good – I was just behind a group who were convinced it was the best they’d seen since Mark and Ray Hanna. Dunno about that, but I was impressed.

Sadly at some point I appear to have changed lenses in a sandstorm as the sensor on my camera looks as though someon has pebbledashed it, and I definitely have the speed wobbles… piffle and flip!

Adrian

I have seen nothing that better sums up the second line of High Flight than that second Jungmann photo.

To think I used to keep my window open to hear one Dak coming into Stansted! I am looking forward to Wednesday with considerable trepidation as I wish Dad was there to see them, hard to drive with tears in your eyes, but forward is where I am looking.

Thank you, Paul!

Adrian

Silver and yellow Harvard doing circuits of North Oxford – presumably over St Edward’s School (Big RAF connections) – rather more interestingly, it then did a couple over the Cumnor area.

ADRian

I’m coming on Wednesday – having not been to an airshow since the car park chaos at one of the 1990s Spitfire shows – presumably the A505 and M11 will be equally snarled up whichever way I come from?

Adrian

So how many Daks are there already, please?

Adrian

(plus – heading from Oxford on Wed 5th – I guess the A505 and M11 snarl up equally for Duxford “do”s?)

Ah, that’ll be why it approached Kidlington from such an odd angle! Nice enough to see as it was, must have been great watching the parachutists!

Adrian