Delta Winged Bomber

If you mean the one in camoflage its an Avro Vulcan.

Paul F

A pint of Harveys please…

Harveys Best Bitter – Brewed locally in Lewes, from one of the few privately owned (i.e. not swallowed up by one of the large chains) full size breweries left here in the South East I think.

Not sure how far this travels around the UK as a draught beer, but they also sell it bottled as “Blue Label”, so I guess it should be available in most places.

Luckily I can pick it up in polypins straight from the barrel at the brewery shop, though once opened it seems to disappear rather quickly :rolleyes:

Paul F

Ringway 1967 (or so?)

My first memory of aircraft dates back to when I lived in Cheshire as a nipper. I was taken to Ringway one afternoon by my Dad. We parked near the end of a runway, and watched the planes coming in to land. I distinctly remember a “British Eagle” (Viscount perhaps ? – I was only 6 or 7 at the time) landing right in front of us. I also remember being fascinated by the “head on view” of a four propellor airliner as it made it’s approach. IIRC the road across the end of the runway had traffic lights to stop traffic so that approaching aircraft could land, the idea of cars having to stop to let planes cross in front of them appealed to me.

That Christmas I got a battery powered tinplate and plastic “working” BOAC Boeing 707 which crawled across the floor making a horrifying screaming noise with four flashing engine nacelles. Batteries were consumed at a horrifying rate, and a couple of the engines had to be reattached with Bostik after inflight damage!

I also built an Airfix Bf109 and Auster Antarctic, well, Dad built them and I “helped” (= watched).

We later moved to Woking in Surrey, and from my Junior school window I remember seeing Concorde during her appearance at the Farnborough Airshow (possibly 1969 or 1970?). The school was under the F’boro circuit and on one pass we got a near perfect planform view – the unique shape burnt itself into my memory, I can still recall the moment now, some 35 or so years later. In 1972 my Dad took me to my first Farnborough…from then on the aviation bug just took hold. Thanks Dad (RIP).

Paul F

Perhaps the plural for three Su25 Frogfoots should be a Frogyard?

:rolleyes:

Paul F (Don’t worry, I’m already on my way to the door … 😀 )

Editted to add: And “mosquitoes” is definitely something you’d see a doctor about….. (…sound of door closing.)

A sudden thought…..

🙁 Sudden Inspiration 😮

Middle Wallop????

he says, suddenly remembering the static and airborne line up of what for the time was a huge number of flying spitfires. Possibly even the largest airborne gathering of the type for many years? Of course, since then the number of flying examples has mushroomed, as have the number of shows where ever larger “massed” Spitfires have gathered.

This was probably the first year the massed helicopter display took place there too – most impressive to see flight after flight of choppers departing, and then to see them rise above the many crowd front treelines, thinking how the heck did they get them in there without us noticing them…

Would also explain why the Vulcan did not land, being an all grass airfield.

(Sorry can’t remember what the MW airshows were called though)

Paul F