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Inverted81
21st Jul 2003, 15:28
Hi,
anyone out there associated with the shuttleworth trust, i'd like to say well done to a breathtaking evenings flying last saturday! Special credit to the Anson pilot who litereally threw the aircraft through the sky.... truly amazing!
And for those of you who were there, the spit and sea hurricane flying in the twilight with merlins growling with lightning cracking in the background... WOW!!!!
NE one got any piccies?
Chris
DeepC
21st Jul 2003, 17:22
I was there.
I'll have some photo's in a cople of weeks time hopefully. I'll try and post them up here if they are any good.
The Spitfire and Hurricane with the Storm Cloud and Lightning backdrop was truly awe inspiring and made the hair stand up on the back of your neck for the whole duration of their display.
Cracking flying by all. I took my Dutch 'in-laws' and my Dutch niece. They all thoroughly enjoyed it.
A credit to everyone involved.
DeepC
Inverted81
21st Jul 2003, 20:21
deepc
did you atch the spit and hurricane next to the fence right on the flightline??? near where thee DHC chipie was parked??? i'm sure i heard dutch voices behind me.....
c
DeepC
21st Jul 2003, 20:49
chrisf
That was probably my crowd. There was more than one set of dutch people there though as we found out when we found ourselves walking along beside another set of folks talking in Dutch. The only PPRuNer I saw there (but did not speak to) was Hairyplane.
We wandered all over the place but I was glued to the fence when the Spit was displaying. Was it me or did the comentator frequently confuse his left and right?
Great evening.
DeepC
Inverted81
21st Jul 2003, 21:48
i think he was having a bad evening! didn't stop talking either that night!! AND he never finished the story of how the collection got their Hind.... he started by saying it was a really interesting story then realised he was blabbing, stopped... but never finished it!
However, he's probably one of the best airshow commentators i've ever listened too....
c
chrisf
There were plenty of optical howitzers around at Shuttleworth’s evening and someone is bound to have some decent pics but these from my little digibox will give a flavour.
The Avro 504 posed before the early evening sky
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gypbiggs/Images/Avro504w.jpg
The result of an exuberant display of toilet roll cutting and ribbon pickups. Aren't they neatly spaced on the wings?
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gypbiggs/Images/Chipmunk3w.jpg
That's not exhaust flames on the Hind - just a brief reflection of the setting sun on the polished cowling.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gypbiggs/Images/Hind+Gladw.jpg
That menacing cloud that skirted the airfield provided a dramatic backdrop to the final display.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gypbiggs/Images/Hurr+cloudw.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gypbiggs/Images/Sp+Hurr+cloudw.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gypbiggs/Images/Chipmunk3w.jpg
Sorry about that. Another try with the Chippie
Inverted81
22nd Jul 2003, 15:18
The chippie display was pretty spectacular..... i watched one of the "white overalls" gaffa tape wire barbs to the end of the leading edge of each wing, guess they were there to A: cut the toilet roll and B: to stop the ribbons running along the wing and falling off. never realised you could throw a chippie around that much! :) :)