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2016 fly-in was a great weekend, with sunny weather, warm winds and
loads of flying. As usual, we arrived on Friday evening, set up the
tent and took "Jessie" for a drive around the airfield. The good weather
brought plenty of visitors, both aircraft and Real Aeroplane Club
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| Low
wing, parasol wing, biplane and triplane! |
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| Bucker
Bestmann and Jungmann |
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| Aerobatics
- Extra 230, Pitts, Pitts and Christen Eagle |
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| Austers |
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| Battle
of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire. |
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| The
Saturday night party had the "Mood Swings" trio, disco and
stand up ( and sit down ) comedians. A number of people had been
promised goes of "Jessie", and by the time many of the
pilots and members had driven up and down the taxiway,
"Jessie" had clocked up 13 miles! |
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| These
two Austers and the Bestmann were all rebuilt to airworthiness by Tony
Brier. Sunday morning was the first time all three aircraft had been
seen together. |
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| The
colourfull Stearman PT-17 Kaydet looked fantastic with the sun on it.
On Saturday night, the colour was in the sky, with this rainbow 'Sun
dog' seen just above the Broussard wing. The last shot is me in the
Ryan PT-22, having edited the photo and colour scheme to resemble a
wartime training scheme. |
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