All Our Yesteryears - 1985 Part 1.

[King Cobra]

Started scanning again. My filing system is a bit random and with both slides and negatives to go through, images will appear in no particular year order. Here we go.

St. Mawgan show 7-8-1985. Scans of the slides I took but I've negs of the event too, which I will scan when I unearth them.

1.
XV253 Nimrod MR2 42 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

2.
XV253 Nimrod MR2 42 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

3.
XZ588 Sea King HAR2 202 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

4.
XZ363 Jaguar GR1 41 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

5.
XZ363 Jaguar GR1 41 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

6.
XN983 XW527 XV161 XV361 Buccaneer S2 12 Sqd RAF St Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

7.
XN983/PF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

8.
XW527/GF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

9.
XN983/PF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

10.
XV161/AF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

11.
XV361/FF Buccaneer S2C 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

12.
XW527/GF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

13.
XN983/PF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

14.
XV161/AF Buccaneer S2B 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

15.
XV361/FF Buccaneer S2C 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

16.
XV361 XV161 XW527 XN993 Buccaneer S2 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

17.
XV487/Q Phantom FGR2 29 Sqd XV361/FF Buccaneer S2C 12 Sqd RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

18.
XL426 Vulcan B2 RAF Vulcan Display Team RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

19.
XL426 Vulcan B2 RAF Vulcan Display Team RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

20.
XL426 Vulcan B2 RAF Vulcan Display Team RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

21.
XL426 Vulcan B2 RAF Vulcan Display Team RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

22.
MM6719/9-50 F-104S 9º Stormo Italian AF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

23.
27 Breguet Atlantique French Navy St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

24.
300 P-3C Orion Royal Dutch Navy RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

25.
150500 RP-3A Orion US Navy VXN-8 RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

26.
G-AMSV DC-3 Air Atlantique RAF St. Mawgan by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

27. The flight back home
Sunset from G-AMSV DC-3 Air Atlantique by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

RAE Bedford 12-8-1985

28.
XX156 Hawk T1 A&AEE Thurleigh by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

29.
XH567 Canberra B6 RAE Thurleigh by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

30.
XH567 Canberra B6 RAE Thurleigh by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

31.
XL621 Hunter T7 RAE Thurleigh by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Lasham 18-8-1985

32.
WH291 Meteor F8 79 Sqd Lasham by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

33.
XN309 Whirlwind HAR9 Royal Navy Lasham by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

34.
XM833 Wessex HAS3 Royal Navy Lasham by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

35.
WV798/026 Sea Hawk FGA6 Royal Navy Lasham by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

36.
E-423 Hunter F51 Royal Danish AF Lasham by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

[BigClick67]

The Buccaneer shots are fantastic!
thanks for showing!

[NickB]

I must have been almost standing next to you when those Buccs taxied in as I have some very similar shots!

I remember that year at St Mawgan, the main hardstanding seems to have been coated with a brown 'wash' - you can see it in some of your pics.

Great pics & happy memories

[tuska2]

My favourite would have to be that 41 Sqn Jag with the massive Recce pod!

[PeteM]

I must have been almost standing next to you when those Buccs taxied in as I have some very similar shots!
Great pics & happy memories

Ditto, and the Jaguar pics.
Nice selection

[King Cobra]

I must have been almost standing next to you when those Buccs taxied in as I have some very similar shots!

I remember that year at St Mawgan, the main hardstanding seems to have been coated with a brown 'wash' - you can see it in some of your pics.

Great pics & happy memories

My abiding memory of that show was the poxy weather. A number of tasty exhibits tried and failed to get in because the cloud base was so low. The display by XL426 was worth waiting for though. One of the best Vulcan displays I have ever seen.

[sdad]

What's the original film stock and how are you scanning them?

[Spiny Norman]

Nice to see these.

Pick for me is No 17 - rare to see Phantom and Buccaneer side-by-side.

[FGR2]

I was at St Mawgan 1985 and remember the Buccaneer 4 ship arriving.

Thanks for posting these

[King Cobra]

What's the original film stock and how are you scanning them?

E6 slide film - Kodak, Fuji and Barfen. I bought that in bulk when I was dabbling in home processing. Left something to be desired compared to others.
Scanned on an Epson 4870 flatbed.

[NickB]

I must have been almost standing next to you when those Buccs taxied in as I have some very similar shots!

I remember that year at St Mawgan, the main hardstanding seems to have been coated with a brown 'wash' - you can see it in some of your pics.

Great pics & happy memories

My abiding memory of that show was the poxy weather. A number of tasty exhibits tried and failed to get in because the cloud base was so low. The display by XL426 was worth waiting for though. One of the best Vulcan displays I have ever seen.

Yes - was that the year that a number of French exotica were due in on the day - I'm thinking Mirage IVs & F8 Crusaders etc but 20kt fog kept them at bay. Come the early evening, the front passed through and weather cleared. Or was that 84?

I do miss St Mawgan airshows - the last I attended was 1991 which was a superb show (GW1 airshow). Would never have thought at that time the RAF would move out and is now only known as 'Newquay Airport'. It's still St Mawgan to me though.

[King Cobra]

I must have been almost standing next to you when those Buccs taxied in as I have some very similar shots!

I remember that year at St Mawgan, the main hardstanding seems to have been coated with a brown 'wash' - you can see it in some of your pics.

Great pics & happy memories

My abiding memory of that show was the poxy weather. A number of tasty exhibits tried and failed to get in because the cloud base was so low. The display by XL426 was worth waiting for though. One of the best Vulcan displays I have ever seen.

Yes - was that the year that a number of French exotica were due in on the day - I'm thinking Mirage IVs & F8 Crusaders etc but 20kt fog kept them at bay. Come the early evening, the front passed through and weather cleared. Or was that 84?

I do miss St Mawgan airshows - the last I attended was 1991 which was a superb show (GW1 airshow). Would never have thought at that time the RAF would move out and is now only known as 'Newquay Airport'. It's still St Mawgan to me though.

1985. The F8s tried but failed to get in so all we got was the sound. The sun finally arrived well into the afternoon and we had the bonus of the "Arctic Fox" Orion arriving in gorgeous light before boarding our much delayed DC-3 back to Stansted.