As it's a wet and miserable day, I thought I'd join the "reviewing the year" bandwagon - especially as the 2021 threads have gone west. Mainly airshows, starting with the Season Premiere at Old Warden.
Spitfire Vb AB910 BBMF by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Bristol Fighter F2b B1162 / G-AEPH by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Buchon Yellow 10 / G-AWHK by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
A couple of weeks later it was the Chipmunk 75th Anniversary Fly In, also at Old warden.
DSC00598 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
RAF Chipmunk WK518 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
De Havilland Chipmunk G-BXGL by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Next was the Summer Show at Duxford.
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZJ914 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Spitfire Pair PL983 MH434 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Nellie B" 549192 / G-THUN by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
A short visit to Blackbushe in August.
Cessna 150E G-ATEF by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Dassault Falcon 50EX M-CICO by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri G-HVRZ by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Next was my maiden visit to Little Gransden in August.
De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Sud Aviation Alouette II 2-BVSD V-54 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Supermarine Spitfire LF XVIE WZ-RR / G-PBIX by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Followed by my first visit to Sywell for the LAA Fly In.
CASA 1.131E Jungmann G-BECT by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Piper L-18C Super Cub G-BJTP / MM51-15302 EI by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Scintex Emeraude G-CKCF by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Aviat A-1B Husky G-USKY by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Next up was the Duxford BoB show.
Westland Scout AH1 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sally B by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Historic Helicopters (L-R) Whirlwind, Wessex and Sea King by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Battle of Britain tribute flypast by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
And finally the Duxford Flying Day in October.
Curtiss 75 Hawk and three Spitfires by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
TF-51D Mustang & P-47D Thunderbolt formation by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Avro Lancaster PA474 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Typhoon FGR4 ZK428 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
Thanks for looking if you've got this far. Time to cue the Bugs Bunny music, coz "That's All Folks".
A happy and healthy New Year to everyone in the group.
Andy
2021 Roundup
Re: 2021 Roundup
Some lovely ones in here, mate. The G-AWHK & G-PBIX topsides are picks of the bunch for me.
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Re: 2021 Roundup
Good stuff, Buchon shot is really nice. Great to see that there was still plenty going on airshow wise in the UK in 2021.