G-AIDL arrives at DX to join CW fleet

IMG_1475 -1 by Mitchell Gooding, on Flickr

IMG_1506 -1 by Brian Clark, on Flickr

IMG_1514 -1 by Brian Clark, on Flickr

IMG_1513 -1 by Brian Clark, on Flickr

…and then it left for Clacton !

IMG_1545 -1 by Brian Clark, on Flickr

Just after 11, Spitfire MkXVIII SM845 got airborne and made a nice flyby before departing to the north

I find that the aspect ratio of some images gets distorted when a post appears as the first item on the page, I’m guessing because of the placement of the adverts?

G-ASML used to be a regular at the Granite City Air Rally in Aberdeen. Sadly this event was killed off by the BAA and hasn’t happened since 1997.

Barbara Schlussler used to fly it up from Fenland, non-radio, stopping off somewhere short of EGPD’s Class D to phone ahead and get her zone clearance.

On one occasion, she was departing home in fairly windy conditions. I was one of the wing-walkers that helped her out to the holding point, ready for departure. To save the hastle of light-signals from the tower, I used a hand-held radio as we walked her out.

Tower controller was having a busy day, and without thinking said “Can you tell G-ASML to squawk 1234”

Doh …

Nice!!! Where were you, we should have waved!

In the back garden of a holiday cottage near Stow.

You were a bit high for my lens to get a decent image …

In the queue for the flightline walk – Essex man points at nearby Rapide & says to his mate : “They’re still using them up in Scotland – Scottish Airways I think …”