Constellation,
Lightning
Vulcan
Spruce Goose
B29
Mosquito

Not neccesarily in that order!

Flown in DC3, DC6b, 2 x Grumman Mallards, Piper Cub,Chipmunks and Dragon Rapide

Make sure you get the cranes at the docks in, and the road right across the threshold, both added that extra bit of fun to the approach, I flew in there 3 times and only managed to stop before the intersection once!

Some of the local teenagers used the terminal bar as their local, so it was quite posy at 17 to pull up outside in a 150 or 172!

My Dad learnt to fly at ‘Ipswich International’ on Austers in the sixties

Took my 2 year old son to Conington flying Club for Lunch, it looked a beautiful day (always made welcome) and had a nice chat with a guy that turned up in a rather tasty Piper Pacer (Rare Tail dragger variant). He had flown in from Leicester and that it had been complete pea-soup on the drive to the airfield.

He is trying to sell it but was bemoaning the fact that to move it from being ‘N’ to ‘G’ registered would mean the removal of a number of FAA sanctioned mods that drastically improve performance & handling (Tip Vortex generators, LE strakes, etc)

Hi Chip!

we are quite a diverse bunch here, flyers, owners, dreamers, has-beens, will-bes, etc. (I probably fit into all catagories!)
I am a recent joiner here too, but have been made to feel most welcome.

Wessexboy. The Dak was N5831B “Drag Em Oot” routing from Liverpool via Elvington to North Weald for its annual. Recently imported from the US. It had been doing a poppy drop.

Some pics of it arriving and with the Aces High Dak and resident C54.

YR

YR, Thanks, yes I recognise it now, we often get overflown by the BBMF en-route to displays, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a Dak making low-grunty-piston-prop noises!

It was a bit too far away for me to check my wingtip profile though!

great photos BTW

Standing in the garden yesterday afternoon, supervising the kids on the climbing frame, whilst sanding my DC3’s Port wingtip to shape, when I heard and saw a DC3 heading south towards Duxford (I presume) I was too far away to see markings….all a bit surreal!

I did an ATC summer camp to Gib in ’85 (20 years ago…..s**t!)

We went just after the manchester disaster, so the 737 wasn’t allowed to use reverse thrust……made the runway feel slightly shorter….

anyhoo, just 3 pics that I found in my collection….

i tend to start twaddling mid way through the second bottle….. 😀