View Full Version : Boxted Airshow this w/e
stiknruda
2nd Sep 2005, 07:11
Anybody else going, apart from FormationChippy/Formationfoto and myself?
Spitfires, Chipmunk formation team, RV4, Harvard, Mustang, Denny Dobson one day, Turbs the next and an old bloke in a Pitts :O
Stik
ozplane
2nd Sep 2005, 10:00
I can't find any info on Boxted strip itself. How long, alignment etc. Any clues. The web-site doesn't seem to show it.
stiknruda
2nd Sep 2005, 10:11
from memory, it's about 800 metres long - smooth level grass.
about 1/2 mile n w of the A12 next to Colchester
Stik
ozplane
2nd Sep 2005, 11:17
Thanks Stik, hopefully I can join you in the Airtourer.
TheKentishFledgling
2nd Sep 2005, 19:32
What is the latest arrival time by air?
tKF
stiknruda
3rd Sep 2005, 08:13
Sorry chaps, I'm just one of the acts - don't know anything about the management of the event.
Try Peter W (the strawb farmer on the Sainsbury/Tesco advert) on 0773 1949410
Stik
TheKentishFledgling
3rd Sep 2005, 20:49
Aeroplane booked, good wx ordered, see you there :)
tKF
I wanted to go and rang the number given and got a PPR Slot and Number but the lad who I spoke to seemed to be from a Work Experience Scheme! I forgot to ask the frequency and thought ..""well I will call again on Saturday morning".
Saturday came, got prepared with passenger (disabled) and constantly rang the two numbers given on the flyer....Answering machines only..(same as last year I am now told).
So re-read the flyer...No frequencies, No runway alignement, No circuit direction, No lat/long, No declared distances...
Cancelled the trip. What a pity.
UV
TheKentishFledgling
4th Sep 2005, 14:18
Don't know which flyer you saw, UV, but the one I got had maps, two working numbers - all you need!
As it happens, I tried knowing the vis was not going to nice all the way. As it happened I got as far as Sheppy and couldn't see more than a few miles - so I turned back and went for a local.
Shame, but best err on the side of caution I think.
tKF
J.A.F.O.
4th Sep 2005, 17:10
The weather was fantastic today and a thoroughly good day out it was with some fantastic displays - not least from Stik, whose lovely red and white Pitts looked fantastic in the late summer sun.
Great day out.
ex jump pilot
4th Sep 2005, 17:16
Went on Saturday. Viz was a bit short but followed the A12 there and back so no problem.
The final approach was a bit interesting but nothing a Cub couldn't handle...
Lovely displays - well done all.
stiknruda
4th Sep 2005, 18:45
Thank you JAFO, I had fun!
Stik
TC_LTN
4th Sep 2005, 21:16
A great day out at a historic airfield today.
A few pictures of yesterday's visitors;
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2501.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2502.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2503.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2504.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2505.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2506.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2507.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2508.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2509.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2510.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2511.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2513.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2514.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2515.jpg
and a few more......
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2516.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2517.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2518.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2519.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2520.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2521.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2522.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2523.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2525.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2528.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2530.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2531.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2532.jpg
the last few.........
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2533.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2534.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2540.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2546.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2549.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2555.jpg
http://www.jhs.flyer.co.uk/IMG_2566.jpg
Confabulous
4th Sep 2005, 23:32
Fantastic pictures, I sat there naming them all off and only got 3/4 right! Need to brush up on the old recognition skills... at least I'd make a terrible spotter.
Beautiful Pitts Stik!
And that Ban-Bi..... *drool*
Confab :ok: