Hmmm! The wife has been talking about a possible holiday in Canada next year. She says she always wanted to visit. Me thinks this could be the time to go!

Well its only “just down the road” from Niagara Falls-so you could always tell her you are taking her there -and oh what a coincidence-theres an air show on nearby that weeek end!!

Well I was very pleased to see the photo-i had my first ever flight- in WG428.
(Cambridge 1966! )
Thank you for posting.

Bit before my time unfortunately-but first went there around 1957.
My Dad was a customs officer on the North side and as a youngster I would go to work with him when he was doing overtime at week ends etc and sit in the office and look through the massive telescope they used to have in there for keeping a watchful eye on what might be going on!!
Went out with the uniformed staff and “rummaged ” a BOAC DC-7 and a Strat on one occasion and recall getting towed across to the BOAC hangars while the aircraft was being searched. I also recall eating some wonderful food from the galley -but cant remember now just actually what it was!
Memories too of the biggest bag of chips you could imagine for just 3d from the Green Dragon/Greasy spoon.
I went to school at West Drayton -just a mile or so away and would cycle there if anything especially interesting would be reported (like a jet perhaps!!).
Early Comets and Air Canada DC-8s stick out in my mind as being especially exciting-and the noise and smoke of an early DC-8 taking off can never be forgotten.
Happy days of Connies/Argonauts/Vikings/Yorks and all the various DC-types/Convairs and so on. Still got my old Ian Allan spotters books from 1959/60 etc.

It was definately a replica and was purchased by the owner Jim Crampton-to try and draw in the crowds a bit more.
He was later offerred a good price and sold it on (but not sure who to).
I actually got hold of the tail wheel for it from Doug Bianchi at Booker!
I happened to be there (spotting!!) and was chatting to him about it and mentioned that it was minus a tail wheel and just had a “hole” where one should have been.
He promptly wandered into the back of his hangar and brought back out a complete tail wheel and assembly. I have no idea what it was originally from-but was certainly the right “vintage” and he simply said-you can have it.
Probably worth a small fortune now of course-but it was a wonderful gesture all the same!!
I took it back to the airstrip and it was duly “fitted” to the Buchon.
Attached photo of Jim Newman in front of it-Jim was the airfield manager-
not to be confused with Jim Crampton-the owner.

Very sad news. RIP.Took this at La Ferte in 2010.

Certainly numbers of people attending seemed well down on previous years-I just sailed straight in and out. (Sunday)

One of the two Staggerwings taking part had a bit of a mishap when taxying from concrete on to the grass? He was adding just a bit more power to transition from concrete onto grass-when a gust got under the tail and it lifted up and he “dinged” the prop-with a cloud of mud flying everywhere-fortunately nobody near enough to get hurt or damage other aircraft-although he was very close to the other Staggerwing and also the wing walking Stearmans-which were getting ready to line up?
Will be an expensive engine inspection/change?- though I am sure?

I grew up in Clacton-and as a young spotter in the mid-to late sixties (67??)can well recall one evening-walking along the low cliffs/esplanade and first of all hearing – and then seeing 3 Beverlies-appear out of the evening mist-very low- flying parrallel along the coast at I would guess 3-400ft-in close formation.
A few minutes later-another distant drone-and this resulted in 3 Hastings at a similar height?
We were very used to low level jets at that time with all the various F-100s/F-84s/F-101s etc that were around-but this was quite unusual-so sticks in my memory?
Sounds very similar to what you described??

I think the owner of this might be a fan too!!