I am very surprised how few of you actually mentioned looking at any aircraft. I was there Saturday and Sunday (ok not the official aerojumble day) and the majority of people through the gate were ,like me, spotters. For us this event is second only to the LAA rally in terms of aircraft present and the admission for that is £20! Most of us would be happy pay £10+ for admission as Popham bends over backwards to welcome us. I do think it would be better to have the Saturday and/or Sunday aerojumble days and Monday auto jumble day so not to dilute it all over 2 days.

Me too!

Looked like the pilot was having fun! 🙂

Not sure, (heard him tell Farnborough he was en route there), and the live traffic movement page on the Shoreham Airport site listed Chalgrove as the destination.

Couldn’t make out if it was in it’s new scheme (112 Sqn??) but as you say, it sounded nice!

Cheers

Paul

Thanks, it was still in the USAAF green and silver scheme.

This looks like Grenada. These two Cubana aircraft were caught on the ground during the US invasion in the 80’s. Think these are at the old airport that has now been replaced.

Sorry guys no lottery win last night or this would have been heading across the pond! Seriously saw this in 2010 and, from the outside, it looked weathered but in ok condition. Mike do you know what the situation of the other residents of that corner of Marana, the other connie DC-4 etc? Are they all owned by the same person?

Refurbishment work already? Was this not the building that was originally moved and rebuilt just a few years ago?

Exactly what I thought, I thought the extended part of the GW factory had only been open a couple of years? All I can think is there have been some recent storm damage? Disappointed on the Vimy, although it is a replica, it is the only large WW1 aircraft on display. It will leave a large gap, are they going to fill it with something equally as large????

I think there were more than one D-EATP, it is normal for German registrations to be reissued. The second I think went to Thailand as a development aircraft as the Thais were the only customer for them and they have since been retired I think. I think the first aircraft is the one that is now in Germany.

Some very interesting photos. They would have been taken at Lympne or Le Touqet. Lydd was not opened until the mid 50’s. The first service was in July 1948 but initially it was charter only as a scheduled service was not permitted (only BOAC and BEA could operate UK schedules). Silver City later got a BEA associate agreement to operate to le Touqet.

Have heard Martin-Baker are in the process of G- ing their two Meteors at the moment, anybody confirm? What with AACHF going G- are we going to see the ‘historics’ moving off the military books onto the civil register?