A nice day out. I believe the tickets were restricted to 15,000 each day, so I never felt it to be crowded. Static was not immense in number, but there were some nice items. In addition, a lot of the bizjets were out, and you could get close to the aircraft for the flying display.
It's never going to be the Biggin of old, but hey, they are trying. Shame you cannot go poking round the hangars like years ago. Used to be fun seeing the odd interesting aircraft.
Weather was mixed, lighting strange at times.
With flying starting at 12.00, the morning saw business movements.
EMB-500 Phenom G-ITSU
G-ITSU Biggin Hill 3000
BD700 Global N70PS
N70PS Biggin Hill 3032
Nice to see a Hawker 4000 N159MN
N159MN Biggin Hill 3031
Gulf 550 2-TRAV
2-TRAV Biggin Hill 3058
Based TBM-700 D-FLEX
D-FLEX Biggin Hill 3041
So, onto the static and flying items.
Shipping & airlines brought out a couple of based. G-AEDU DH90A Dragonfly and G-AHBL DH87B Hornet Moth
G-AEDU Biggin Hill 3079
G-AHBL Biggin Hill 3080
Some of the regular airshow performers -
Breitling Stearman N74189
N74189 Biggin Hill 3043
Trig Pitts S-1D G-IIIP
G-IIIP Biggin Hill 3038
Invicta OV-10A Bronco 9918 G-ONAA
9918 Biggin Hill 3159
Interesting type Dornier D-28A N123CA
N123CA Biggin Hill 3071
Wessex Aviation showed this rarity - Wessex 9G-AEL
9G-AEL Biggin Hill 3077
They have a few more stuck outside their hangar.
Wessex G-BYRC, XS674, XV726 and WG-30 N114WG and VT-EKT.
Tucked inside are several Ghana Islanders.
Biggin Hill 3119
The Great War Flying Team put up six aircraft - examples
Biggin Hill 3229
Biggin Hill 3227
The Heritage Hangar had three Spitfires on static, as well as a Hurricane and two Spitfires flying.
G-IBSY / EE602
EE602 G-IBSY Biggin Hill 3095
G-PMNF / TA805
TA805 G-PMNF Biggin Hill 3247
The passenger G-BMSB / MJ627
MJ627 G-BMSB Biggin Hill 3246
G-CHTK / P2921
P2921 Biggin Hill 3176
There was a photoshoot in the morning involving various veterans.
Biggin Hill 3109
Finally, great participation by the Czech AF
Mil Mi-17 Hip
9781 Biggin Hill 3254
Mil Mi-24 Hind - no low viz here.
3366 Biggin Hill 3184
3366 Biggin Hill 3263
Hope you enjoy.
Pete.
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Biggin Hill Festival of Flight 19-8-17
Re: Biggin Hill Festival of Flight 19-8-17
Great set Pete, thanks for posting them.
Re: Biggin Hill Festival of Flight 19-8-17
Ditto Pete- looks like a great day- love the picture of the Hind.
Bob
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