An increasingly rare thing happened today: nice weather! I wouldn’t go as far as to say that it was warm, but it was a good day for flying. Fortunately, the pilots of the world seemed to agree with me and were out in force. There were a number of vintage types that made an appearance including an 83 year old de Havilland Leopard Moth. My personal highlight was G-HDAE, a Chipmunk painted in an exquisite army livery. A quick search on www.jetphotos.com shows it used to wear a yellow livery with a rather large pair of jaws on the front. I don’t know about you, but I’d say that it was a lovely change!
For certain aircraft, I have added where I believe them to be based although I am not sure on many. If you do know, please don’t hesitate to tell me!
These were the aircraft I saw:
| G-ACUS | 1934 | De Havilland | DH85 Leopard Moth | |
| G-BLKM | 1963 | Jodel | DR1051 Ambassadeur | |
| G-BNSP | 1987 | Slingsby | T67M Firefly MkII | Turweston |
| G-BWNU | 1978 | Piper | PA-38-112 Tomahawk | Kemble |
| G-BXOX | 1978 | Grumman | AA-5A Cheetah | Turweston |
| G-BYHI | 1980 | Piper | PA-28-161 Warrior II | Turweston |
| G-CIFY | 1995 | Piper | PA-28-181 Archer III | Turweston |
| G-DKEY | 1977 | Piper | PA-28-161 Warrior II | |
| G-DUDE | 2004 | Vans | RV-8 | |
| G-HDAE | 1951 | De Havilland Canada | DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 | |
| G-NJOY | 1982 | Piper | PA-28-181 Archer II | Turweston |
| G-OFDR | 1989 | Piper | PA-28-161 Cadet | |
| G-PILZ | 2007 | Rotorsport UK | MT-03 | Turweston |
| N101DW | 1976 | Piper | PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance |
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