Hi all, On the Wednesday morning of my Oshkosh week I woke up to torrential rain and the mother of all thunder storms. As I couldn’t see the situation improving quickly, I took this as a sign that it was the time to do the AirVenture Museum. As it didn’t open too early, I took […]
Hi all, It was back to the original plan today and what a full day it was. With two full days scheduled around Phoenix, not a lot was going to be missed. We started off with a few hours at the airport enjoying the early morning sunshine….. Phoenix/Sky Harbor A cracking start here with a […]
Hi all, Today was going to be a mammoth drive of 385 miles from Oceanside to Phoenix. Of course that figure was much more as we naturally didn’t go the direct route! The original plan was for us to have been in El Centro this morning ready for the show and then followed up with […]
Tour advert for Karup & Denmark – Saturday 13th to Sunday 14th June 2020 (2 day version) We are currently working up a three day version which takes in all of the two day version plus Copenhagen Airport, Sonderborg (stored ATRs), Egeskov Veteranmuseum (x 10), Helsingør – Danish Museum of Science and Technology (x 28), […]
Tour advert for Aero Friedrichshafen – Tuesday 31st March to Saturday 4th April 2020 Following on this years successful visit to Switzerland and Germany, we will be going back to concentrate on the Aero event held at Friedrichshafen……get in touch if you or anyone you know might be interested….. As a 5 day trip, we […]
Next stop and last visited in May 2010 was Kirton-in-Lyndsey Lincs. I remember a friendly welcome on that occasion and we received another today. A High Viz jacket was required for the walk about the ramp. Photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums/72157711570626668 Regards John Trip Airfield Albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums Country Folders https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/collections Noted between 1307-1327hrs Hangar G-DEXA Grob G.103A […]
Hi all, An early start was required to be at Chateaudun to see what we could get from outside and meet the museum curator in good time. For those who haven’t been before, the museum is located on the base and therefore requires prior permission to gain entry. The museum curator told us that Chateaudun […]
A quick look at Darlton as we made our way back home on the Sunday. Permission was granted to walk the field and take a few photographs and notes. Photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums/72157710854671981 The request is this unmarked glider cockpit with Darlton Gliding Club along the cockpit. Photograph at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/48738124562/in/album-72157710854671981/ Regards John Trip Airfield Albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums […]
Final full day of the trip and the second air show. This report is for the museum ONLY. This was the first day that the weather had turned against us, however it was still warm and did not stop the continuous air show throughout the day. A very well attended event, both by the variety […]
After the excellent museum on the base, it was a walk around the show static and flying display exhibits. You had to be alert and concentrate on everything around you, the flying displays were continuous. On the way back to the van, three of us decided to leave a little earlier to see if we […]