I would like to thank everyone for their kind words, and also for posting pictures of the event. Trawling through those is always the only way I discover what the event was like, the better it is, the less I see of it, away at the gate. I would like to thank the BBMF for pulling the silver Spitfire out of the hangar, when the Dakota went tech, and ‘compensating’ us by making 4 passes instead of 3. I would also like to point out the immense work done by the Halfpenny Green Air Scouts and their parents. The Air Scouts, who are easily the oldest tenant on the airfield, do benefit from the event, and are thoroughly deserving of every penny. I was sorry to see so few cockpits, but thank you, Anon, for coming for the second year, returning an Anson to Halfpenny Green after so many years, and for the debutants, Lakes Lightnings, and 1046 Sqd ATC.
Westmead Flight Academy, do us proud, letting us use their hangar, and most of the aircraft owners are willing participants, many of them pulling out their aircraft to be part of the static display. Vaughan and I would also like to personally thank Tim for getting one of his PPL students to give us a flight in Westmead’s Diamond Star (What an aircraft that is) late on, when everyone had gone home. It was the first time we had sat down all day, very pleasant in the evening sunshine, and both of us had difficulty getting out of the aircraft after we landed so much had our ancient aching limbs stiffened up !
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