Dramatic grey skies and the last rays of sunlight cover the airfield as a lone landing light turns on to final approach of a silent grass aerodrome before gently touching down. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/51181501317/in/dateposted/ It would be easy to take the above account as a report from those mysterious WW2 operations in occupied France, but it was … Continue reading Shuttleworth Spies and Intrigue Evening Airshow 15th May 2021
Spitfires have certainly led the charge with the boom in warbird flight experiences over the last five years or so, but there are plenty of other machines earning their keep with rides programs and they all had a busy 2020 as well. The Mustangs Ultimate Warbird Flights - TF-51D Mustang "Contrary Mary" Sywell/Duxford (Pictured here … Continue reading 2020s Busy Warbirds – The Other Working Warbirds
Continuing the odd definition of chronological order for this years event reports, here is a post on a show that is currently still going on. This years Goodwood Revival had a central aviation theme of RAF100. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/30697929548/in/dateposted-public/ It is no secret that over the past few years the flying displays have become less and less … Continue reading Goodwood Revival 2018
Having taken a break from the evening show format in 2016, in favour of "At Home" days, the Shuttleworth Collection have now brought back these unique events for the 2017 season. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/35363849142/in/dateposted-public/ Unlike previous incarnations, the events are now largely collection or Old Warden based aircraft central, given a chance for some of the lesser-seen … Continue reading Shuttleworth Collection Classic Evening Airshow – 20th May 2017
The art of espionage has played a key part in conflicts throughout history and has formed a central part of popular culture around the world. But before the glitz and glamour of Hollywood films, spies were carrying out covert operations into enemy territory during the darkest days of the Second World War. Getting into and, more importantly, … Continue reading Aircraft Profile – Westland Lysander
In September last year I attended the excellent "Their Finest Hour" event at RAF Museum Hendon. This saw unprecedented access to all of the Battle Of Britain collection aircraft. This group of aircraft is unique in the world in telling such a clear story of an important period of the second world war. As you can … Continue reading RAF Museum Hendon Battle Of Britain Hall September 2016
Following all the festivities of Christmas it was a nice change of pace to travel up to Old Warden for a mid-winter event at the Shuttleworth Collection. The Engineering Open Weekend has been run for a few years now and has built in popularity in each year. This year certainly seemed to draw a bumper … Continue reading Shuttleworth Collection Engineering Open Weekend 2016
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