Jet Provost T3A XM424,G-BWDS went off on a local flight and returned to do soe circuits. After refuelling it went back to its base at Yeovilton.
The red and White Gnat G-RORI also went off for a local flight, doing some missed approches on return.
A couple of Bulldogs also made it in for the event.
The weather knocked out a lot of aircraft due to fly in for Jet Fest. The 230 Squadron Puma, XW224 / Vortex 240, did make it in from Benson for the day.
The Huey did a couple of flights as well.
Friday arrivals for Jet Fest included the Catalina from Duxford and various Strikemasters and Jet Provosts. The last one in had to dodge a downpour!
The all-red Chipmunk which Prince Charles learned to fly in – WP903/G-BCGC – visited North Weald today from RAF Henlow
Spitfire Tr9– NH341/G-CICK – arrived this afternoon from Duxford, then went out on a local flight down to Dover and back later on
On Sunday afternoon the C-47 returned from Eindhoven, dodging the showers
The Spitfire PRXI came back from the show at Duxford
The Navy Sea Fury also came in from Duxford for some routine maintenance
Drag-Em-Oot went of to Goodwood for the Revival weekend last Thursday
It returned on Monday
After a quick turn-around it went off to Eindhoven for the Arnhem commemorations
The latest issue of the Airfield newsletter is also now available, which also features the C-47
On Saturday we had a very busy day of 288 movements, and a morning on the radio in the Tower was hard work. August was a record month, with more than 5,000 movements for the first time – a total of 5,131. The Spitfire was out for a short local during the afternoon along with the Jet Provost, G-BKOU, which had been to Duxford for circuits as we have a daily cap at North Weald for noise abatement.
The Norwegian MiG and Silver Star departed for Bournemouth this afternoon to position for their displays pover the weekend
Two RAF Juno HT1s (EC135) ZM506 and ZM516, callsign Weasel Formation, dropped in today for some fuel and a bite to eat on their way back to Shawbury from Fairoaks. It was a poignant flight for one of the instructors, as it was his last training sortie, having clocked up 11,000 hours over the years. Nice to meet one of the forum on board as well!
On Sunday our friends from the Shipping & Airlines Collection flew in for some fuel on their way from Monewden back to Biggin Hill. First in was the Dragonfly
This was followed by the Miles Falcon 6
Third to arrive was the Civilian Coupé
Last, but not least, the Hornet Moth
The Jet Provosts G-VIVM and G-BKOU were both out and about as well
Drag-Em-Oot also returned from its display at Ede in Holland via Midden Zeeland
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