So it is a Meteor. Didn’t know Doug Arnold had one. Can’t say I ever saw it display during the 80’s, 90’s but then it was a rare treat to see any WOGB aircraft at a display. I saw his P38 Miss Behaving in pieces at Evergreen Aviation probably 1998.

I’ve got a shot of the Meatbox – I’ll dig it out. The Spit was easily available as I’d already scanned it for use in the book.

Spitfire SL721 at Blackbushe

This was “The First of the Many” – Doug Arnold’s first Spitfire at Blackbushe … one of my shots featuring in the forthcoming Vol II 🙂

Don’t forget the pure-jet powered version …

I find it very disturbing that events that I don’t think are very long ago are recorded in black and white pictures!

Looking at Hangar 3 in the background, this image predates the IWM shop / OFMC office portacabin that has recently gone – and that was there for a long time!

What date for this photo, do you think? I think the Drone flew in the early days of the Russavia operation, perhaps 1984?

22 November 1981 – I did use colour film in those days but as this was for use in my magazine I only shot it in black & white 🙂

Blimey – this is a zombie thread!

Here’s my offering. Post-war Percival publicity shot featuring G-AGTC. Fuselage was pale blue and wings were silver.

OTGA

One That Got Away 🙂

Good flying photos anyone?

For some reason it is rather difficult to obtain good flying shots of G-FIRE, probably because it actually attended relatively few air shows. If anyone has any they’d like to see published please PM me 🙂

And by a strange coincidence I have just laid out the page for SL611 for the upcoming Volume II ! (Working on SL721 right now)