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Old 22nd Jun 2009, 18:59
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treadigraph
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So many as well...

Spitfires. Lots of them over the years flown by some of the best pilots. Neil Williams and Ray Hanna foremost...

Reno and the sound of the unlimiteds coming around the last couple of pylons on an angry swelling wave of sound. And Bob Hoover, dead stick and pinpoint accurate at about 80.

Tiger Club air displays. Fun!

Hearing the sounds of radials early one morning while staying at Oshkosh University and seeing the Boeing 307 overhead, glinting beautifully in the rising sun. Staying at Midland and hearing the sound of radials and watching the B-29 fly over in the evening - a great appetiser for dinner! The wee hour sound of radials over my house fading into the night, Air Atlantique's DC-6s when they still hauled freight for a living.

The sound of a pair of Mustangs taking off from Duxford. Hairs on end.

Peter Kynsey displaying the Tigercat. Can we have another please and give him the keys?

Flying down the Shuttle runway at Cape Kennedy in a 70 year old Stinson.

Riding my bike near Biggin Hill last weekend, watching and hearing Peter Monk taking off in his Spit - totally unexpected!
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