I really enjoyed scrolling through this thread with the wonderfully evocative images. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work. (Note to self: must visit the Yorkshire Air Museum in 2021!)

ciaranchef wrote: ↑

Mon 23 Nov 2020, 5:58 pm

Superb set..what an experience.

Thanks very much, Ciaran. A day I will never forget, especially as I shared it with friends and family.

Stunning shots. Excellent panning in #1 & #2.

Spiny Norman wrote: ↑

Sat 07 Nov 2020, 2:05 pm

Phantastic.

Thanks Norman. I'm pleased that you enjoyed them!

Thanks very much, Dom. It was SO exciting!

Hi all Following on from our amazing Centre of Aviation Photography visit to Andravida in November 2019, we paid a visit with some local enthusiasts to the Santomeri Mount Skollis Region Low Flying Area and were rewarded with this! This was my first experience of this type of photography, so I playe...

Hi Jeff. Thanks for posting these pictures which are a great record of a sad day.

8674planes wrote: ↑

Mon 28 Sep 2020, 9:36 pm

Looks like Mike Ling in the front of the Spitfire

You could be right as this was in an email from Ultimate Warbird Flights today: "A massive congratulations to Mike Ling for completing his first solo flight in The Grace Spitfire yesterday, We think the huge grim says it all!"

 

There was a piece on BBC Breakfast this morning about this. A paramedic said that it should be possible to carry as much kit as a motorcycle paramedic.

I went to Headcorn yesterday and it was showery at times with gusts of up to 25mph, so credit to all that the show proceeded pretty much as planned. I witnessed several occasions where staff were having problems with "awkward" visitors refusing to comply with social distancing requests. There were d...

The forecast on the Met Office app is significantly better than the forecast from the BBC. (Dry after 10.00 and sunny intervals this afternoon). https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/u106vskzm#?nearestTo=Headcorn (Kent)&date=2020-09-25 I don't understand how there can be such variations in f...

Agreed.

Real mixed messages! From the News page of the website https://www.bobairshow.co.uk/news/attending-the-battle-of-britain-airshow-read-me/ "Can I bring my own food and alcohol? Care has been taken to ensure that the bars and food concessions are of a great quality and a fair price, therefore we polit...

Surprised this is still on,with sporting events cancelled where football clubs wanted to have just a thousand in a five thousand stadium they have been stopped.Do not know what the crowd limit is but I for one will give it a miss in spite of having bought a ticket especially with infection rates cl...

I love the Hurricane start-up shot!

Thanks guys! I must confess that I had accumulated quite a few kits!

Congratulations, turning your kit stash into real Merlin noise is surely an investment. Must've been quite a kit stash! Thanks Ant. There were one or two kits... No kidding..... :astonished: My stash of kits I sold to them about 5/6 years ago, filled up an estate car and I thought that was a lot, a...

Thanks AD. I met him when he was flying the 2-seat Spitfire for us at Duxford. He's a really pleasant chap and full of interesting flying stories. Sell some more kits and complete the set by flying the Spitfire perhaps? Yes, it was great to be flown by such an experienced pilot. I would have loved ...

Ant.H wrote: ↑

Fri 18 Sep 2020, 6:41 pm

Congratulations, turning your kit stash into real Merlin noise is surely an investment. Must've been quite a kit stash!

Thanks Ant. There were one or two kits...

Blackbird wrote: ↑

Fri 18 Sep 2020, 7:04 pm

What a day to remember, and great that something really good has come out of the pandemic.

Andy

Thanks Andy. Certainly a day that I will never forget!

Good stuff. Who was your pilot in the Hurricane? Thanks ozplane. My pilot was Don Sigournay. This is from the website: Don flew Royal Navy Sea Harriers operationally in Bosnia. He commanded the Royal Navy Historic Flight and later flew commercially on the Jetstream 41 and the Embraer 145, Legacy, S...

What a great set of images to remember a real treat of a day. Lovely colour and detail. The inclusion of the OASC Building is great too, as I attended a challenging 4-days there which changed my life forever! Thanks very much. I'm pleased you enjoyed them. It was an amazing day that I still haven't...

Hi all One of the positive outcomes of Covid-19 for me was to have the most incredible experience of being one of the first fare-paying passengers in the world's only two-seat Hurricane! How come, you might ask? Well, due to the need to work from home, I agreed to clear out the "man-cave" and make i...

Excellent news!

https://www.bobairshow.co.uk/news/

Thanks for posting, I've set the box to record. Sir David Jason mentioned in a recent TV programme that he holds a licence to fly helicopters and he seemed really interested and knowledgeable on aviation matters.