Simon Gregg was our organiser on this one, and well done organising the weather
Simon on the Saturday ! Don't know what went wrong on the Sunday morning,
we got drenched, but all OK in the end.
Saturday
was a glorious day, hot and sunny all day. The crowds came in there thousands,
most of which were clambering over the jeeps. It was then that the inevitable
happened. While parked on the slope, one group of young delinquents, decided it
would be fun to get the my jeep into neutral, and let the handbrake off, and run
down the hill towards the picnicking public. Luckily, I was standing right by
them, and they only rolled a couple of feet, but what a shock. That was it,
severely reprimanded and told to go away in the best possible terms, no child
went on the vehicles after that. Apart from that, it was a great day, with a
great selection of jeeps, and Simon's Dodge. The highlight would
have to be the Vulcan bomber display. It came in low over the lake, then rolled
into a vertical climb away, with a huge roar from the 4 engines, it was
terrific. We also had displays from the Spitfire, Hurricane, C47 Dakota, and
many other aircraft all afternoon. There were so many people, we could not
exit the site till late in the afternoon.
A lot of
public interest in all the vehicles and displays.
Jonathan,
Simon and Steve, relax in the sun.
Doggy Pillow
!!!
The kids
joined in as well for the local press photographer. Still waiting for the
pictures !
This was just
prior to the handbrake incident, after which, the .30 Cal gun was covered,
and no kids allowed on.... I now have 2 blocks of wood to chock the wheels
with.
The Avro
Vulcan bomber, did a fantastic show, low fly pasts, vertical turns, bomb bay
open runs, it was an incredible sight to see this great plane flying once again.
I will put a link to some YouTube links below for it...
Sunday was pouring down, soaked before we started, Graham and myself turned up
with Jeeps, nobody else, not even the public. These was a big concern that the
vehicles would rip up the putting green..... The weather eventually
cleared at lunchtime, and brought the crowds out. We had a fantastic display of
aircraft on the Sunday, especially of the Chinook helicopter, vertical
stall turns with incredible control, then cam into land, very close to the
crowd. Then a very quick take off indeed, straight up. But it was good to get
home and dry everything out.
And
evidently the main event organisers have donated £300 to Simon, who is going to
give the money to Elaine and John for the Help for Heroes campaign. Many many
thanks to them....
Well
done Simon, a good 2 days....
The Burneside
Brass Band played James Bond music all morning, in the pouring rain, hardly
anybody came to listen, but I made a token effort. Well done lads...
The Chinook
helicopter coming in to land, right by the crowd. What a down draft from the
twin rotors !!! Certainly
helped to dry us all out
Two YouTube
videos of the Air Show. First is just of the Vulcan, play it loud !!!,
second is a more general video of most of the aircraft on Saturday. Dont know
who did them, but thank you to them none the less.
Saturday
was a glorious day, hot and sunny all day. The crowds came in there thousands,
most of which were clambering over the jeeps. It was then that the inevitable
happened. While parked on the slope, one group of young delinquents, decided it
would be fun to get the my jeep into neutral, and let the handbrake off, and run
down the hill towards the picnicking public. Luckily, I was standing right by
them, and they only rolled a couple of feet, but what a shock. That was it,
severely reprimanded and told to go away in the best possible terms, no child
went on the vehicles after that. Apart from that, it was a great day, with a
great selection of jeeps, and Simon's Dodge. The highlight would
have to be the Vulcan bomber display. It came in low over the lake, then rolled
into a vertical climb away, with a huge roar from the 4 engines, it was
terrific. We also had displays from the Spitfire, Hurricane, C47 Dakota, and
many other aircraft all afternoon. There were so many people, we could not
exit the site till late in the afternoon.
