The Few grow fewer.
Particularly sad as I’ve been reading Fighter Boys by Patrick Bishop this last week. If you’ve not got this book, do try and get hold of it. It’s very well written and however much you think you know about the Few and the Battle of Britain, it’ll add to it. Got a copy in Asda for £9…….a real steal. And find out what Sir Christopher thought of Galland!!
We must cherish this band of brothers while we can.

Well, as said already, so many, but for a start, winning the draw for a flight in the Shuttleworth Tiger (after umpteen tickets over many years, I hasten to add). Went out to Cardington, round the hangars and then some aeros before pottering back to OW.

Another magic moment was when Neil Williams flew a circuit in the Bleriot, but couldn’t complete it and landed in a field short of the runway. By the time he got back to the airfield, Roger Hoeffling, that most urbane of commentators, had already organised a whip round among the crowd and raised a considerable amount of dosh towards any repairs that might be needed.

Neil Williams displaying ANYTHING..but particularly the Spitfire, and aerobatics in the Tiger Moth including a falling leaf manouevre. What an irreplaceable loss.

Silver wings against a deep blue sky, summer evenings, sunsets. What a magical place it is.

You can still jump your horse across the rear fuselage of a Jet Provost on one of the horseriding trails at the airfield. Well each to his/her own thing!!!!! That’s Mrs Slicers horse, of course.

Speaks volumes about the security of Chequers with respect to potential airborne attack, doesnt it?

Someones building a flying replica of the MB5 in the USA ,based on a Mustang airframe. That’ll be nice to see (if and when).

I can’t help thinking there’s a great opportunity for the Duxford re-enactors here……………Susannah York on the cowling of a Spitfire……..hmmmmm.

And heres one of the trials Buccaneer at Culdrose…..the negative is almost as old as me, hence the wrinkles and spots.