What Aircraft?

[FJJP]

Sorry, it just had to be done...

WebPilot's links to the Abingdon 1968 Royal Review pics just begged the question - 'What types can you identify?'

http://www.abingdonfayre.com/RAF/ROYAL%20REVIEW%203%20%201968.jpg

http://www.abingdonfayre.com/RAF/ROYAL%20REVIEW%201%20%20%20%20%20%201968.jpg

http://www.abingdonfayre.com/RAF/ROYAL%20REVIEW%204%20%20%201968.jpg

I counted 36 that I could positively identify [too bone idle to list] but there are a few I can't.

That should keep you going as the nights draw in...

[sycamore]

43, plus 4 B/Hounds, and there were more on the day........

[FJJP]

OK, here goes…

Vulcan Victor Valiant
Chipmunk Harvard Tiger Moth uk biplane [Tutor?]
Varsity Chipmunk Jet Provost
Gnat Domini Canberra x 2
Lincoln Hercules Beverley uk x2 pistons [Wellington, Mosquito?]
Hastings VC10 Belfast uk x2 biplanes
Comet Twin Pioneer Valetta
Dove Pembroke Heron
Bassett Lightning Javelin uk x3 [helios?]
Hunter Vampire Meteor
Spitfire Beaufighter Tempest
Spitfire Hurricane Bloodhound x4 uk piston
Proctor

Anybody spot the unknowns?

[treadigraph]

i'd say that it's actually a Tempest or Typhoon between the Meteor and the Beaufigter?

You are right about the Avro 504.

Two biplanes in front of the Herc might be the Hawker Hart and the Caudron G.III now at RAFM

Interesting pics!

[henry crun]

treadigraph: It is hard to be certain I think FJJP is right, it is a Tutor not a 504.

[treadigraph]

I'm sure it's a 504... there are two sets of interplane struts, the Tutor only has one. For some reason I though that was what FJJP had written anyway!

Cheers

Treadders

[henry crun]

You could be right treadigraph.

I cannot zoom in close enough to see how many interplane struts it has.
I was going on what I can see of the fin and rudder, which is like the rest of the photo, indistinct.

[Peter Barron]

treadigraph.

Here is what is sitting between the Beaufighter and Meteor, you can just see the Meteor in the background.

Peter.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/GEMINAIR1/TEMPEST50TH.jpg

[Gainesy]

...and a Defiant.

[FJJP]

Gainsey, I think you're right - the one to the right of the Beaufighter could well be a Defiant. On close inspection, the hump behind the canopy could be a turrett...

[sycamore]

Bombers/trainers; 3+V`s,Lincoln,2+Canberras,Avro504,TigerMoth, Harvard,Chipmunk,Varsity,PistonProvost,Jet Provost,Gnat,Dominie,,Wellington,Mosquito;
Transport;
Belfast,Herc,Britannia,VC-10,Comet,Beverly,Hastings,Twin-pin,Hart/Hind,Vickers Gunbus,Valetta,Magister(not Proctor), Lysander, Single-Pin,Devon,Pembroke,Heron,Basset, Hoverfly(possibly) Whirlwind, Sycamore;
Fighters;
Camel,Hurricane,Spitfire,Defiant,Beaufighter,Tempest,Meteor, Vampire,Hunter,Javelin,Lightning..+4+Bloodhounds.........!!!

[FJJP]

The Canberra beside the Valiant is a T17 - which would have been a brand new varient in '68...

[clicker]

I remember going to that show at the grand age of 16, but in those days didnt have a camera, shame. Recall that as one of the best shows I have ever been too.

And I still go around 3 airshows a year.

[WebPilot]

These are such evocative photgraphs. I sometimes wonder if we have reached and passed the zenith of civilisation!

You may all find this link rather interesting:
http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/airdays/raf50/index.htm

And as you'll see, the Defiant _is_ the machine on the right of the Beau!

It's also worth looking further into this site:

http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/airdays/index.htm

Check out the shot of a Diamond 16 formation of Lightnings - absolutely awesome.

[asw28-866]

And isn't that a Fournier next to the Harvard?

As you were, clearly a chipmunk in other view! Few too many Australian beers I\'m afraid.

Great pictures though, don\'t think we will see the likes again.

[BUMPFF]

Hastings Mk1A (aux fuel tanks and lowered tailplane) TG576 is planted next to the Bev. I was on the crew that positioned it. Now preserved and in good nick at Duxford.
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

[ANW]

Remember the occasion well. Was sitting next to PRM on the floor of XP302 as we circled the Abingdon static park on 10th June. Boiling hot day prior to the Review proper, the Whirlwind was struggling in the high mid-morning temps and after a few circuits it was time to land, open the nose cowls and attempt to cool down.

The two vintage a/c in front of the VC10 were the Vickers Gunbus, and the (Royal ?) Afghan Air Force Hawker Hind, whose representatives presented the a/c to the RAF Museum on the day. If memory serves me correctly they still had a few more Hinds back home!

An event never to be repeated, with a mixture of old and new - was it THAT long ago!