"Golf -* *, Finals, contact six ahead " ! !
Nearly as good as at Halfpenny Green then - EIGHT ahead!
Landing at OW was interesting, so many aircraft arriving at the same time that VATCO didn't get the time to tell me to turn left off the runway so I turned right to where I could see spaces only to be told I should have turned left.
Never mind, it was a really special day made all the better when, as I left OW for Duxford to refuel, my passenger turned to me and said, "Now I know why you love flying so much."
He was a former Rear Gunner so hadn't really been able to see much of the countryside he was flying over.
AME, it's a brilliant day and I cannot begin to describe the real joy of it. Seeing those lovely old gentlemen easing themselves out of small aircraft then spotting one or more of their former colleagues (another one still alive!) is pure delight. Have a look at some of the things which have been written in Flyer Forums.
2008 Photos I'm a basic PPL and made it to Old Warden this year in one of HAC's C152s. I tried to fly to Bruntingthorpe but it was patently obvious that it would be impossible so went by road as did many others. In spite of the weather a great day was had by all. DO register, it is something you will probably never regret. I'll have KC booked as soon as I can get down to Shobdon on Monday.
My passenger and I enroute to Old Warden. The photo was taken by DJ from Prestwick who was flying with 10W and his veterans. My passenger told me he had not been in a light aircraft for over fifty years.
A few of the assembled aircraft. Photo also by DJ.
