Brooklands
15th Jun 2005, 09:26
On my way home from Booker last night, at about 20:30, I saw a WW 1 biplane/triplane*. I was drving along the B4009 towards Watlington (just south of the M40, and NE of Benson). It was heading roughly NNE, flying parallel to and just west of the Chilterns. I couldn't stop to get a better look as I was in traffic, but it looked like one the Shuttleworth Collections' aircraft, and was in the usual WW 1 colour scheme with a red cowl. Can anybody shed any more light on this?
Thanks
Brooklands
*I'm not certain now whether it was a biplane or a triplane I saw. When I initially saw it, almost head on, it looked like a biplane, but at some point as it passed me I categorised it as a triplane. As I think about it now, I'm tending back towards it being a biplane. It looked a bit like a Sopwith Pup.
Thanks
Brooklands
*I'm not certain now whether it was a biplane or a triplane I saw. When I initially saw it, almost head on, it looked like a biplane, but at some point as it passed me I categorised it as a triplane. As I think about it now, I'm tending back towards it being a biplane. It looked a bit like a Sopwith Pup.