Hi all, Early last year, Oxford Aviation Group set about planning a trip to China. The spirit of this trip was to see as much Chinese aviation heritage, past and present as we could. This meant spending a lot of hours at top airport hotels to get the airliners and business jets, but we also […]
Hi all, a last minute decision to get the visiting Kazakhstans resulted in the below being noted around 7pm. We unfortunately missed the C.295 that had arrived the day before but came away happy nonetheless 🙂 ZZ665 Boeing Airseeker R.1 51 Sqn Royal Air Force 08 red  Antonov An-72 Coaler Kazakhstan Border Guards 03 […]
Hi all, I didn’t manage to see the Hurricane on my last two visits here, so third time lucky it was to be! P3717/SW-P frame Hawker Hurricane I G-HITT United Kingdom WB726/E de Havilland Canada Chipmunk 22A G-AOSK United Kingdom WK558 de Havilland Canada Chipmunk 22A G-ARMG United Kingdom XX537/C Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 G-CBCB […]
Hi all, friendly as ever at this place! Lots of flying activity as it was a nice weekend weather day following a rubbish one. Photographs can be seen at; https://www.flickr.com/…/62861611@…/albums/72157667411541863 D-EARY Piaggio/Focke-Wulf FWP.149D G-AJEE Auster 5 J/1 Autocrat G-APUY Druine D.31 Turbulent G-ASHX Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee B G-AYEF Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee E G-AYGC Reims/Cessna F.150K […]
Now we arrive at Châteaudun air base (Base AĂ©rienne 279) which is the home of EntrepĂ´t de l’ArmĂ©e de l’air 601 (EAA 601). Formed in 1951, EAA 601 is the largest aircraft storage centre in Europe. As there hadn’t been an open day here since 2003, this was a must go destination as far as […]
Last day of my trip but still plenty more to see until I board my United flight back home. I must have been very tired as I didn’t wake up to the alarm, so a slight sleep in was had as I didn’t get up and about until 05:30. Checked out by 06:00 as this […]
Having spent 4 and a half days at Oshkosh, I was very happy with my lot by the Thursday of AirVenture 2011. I was flying back home from Chicago on Friday afternoon, so wanted to make sure I was back in plenty of time. I was also ready for a slower pace! Even so, I […]
Comoco Plaza static: This collection built up as the week went along to serve as a static area for the final weekend public airshow. 5 new types being made here with Rutan Grizzy, Rutan Catbird, Rutan Solitaire and the Williams V-Jet being firsts for me. Dropped the Rutan Boomerang which I saw at Mojave in […]
The area I was really looking forward to was Warbirds and I wasn’t disappointed. I made quite a few visits here over the 4 days and it seemed to be the most popular area in terms of footfall. If you want good photos then get here as early as possible! For those who enjoy military […]
Hi all, On the whole I really enjoyed this area as can be seen from the write-up below, I made a lot of new types and boosted the numbers seen of rarer types seen over 30 years of spotting. For the military only minded there won’t be an awful lot to interest you in this […]