That's a classic '70s image that brings back good memories.

Neil

A sadly missed name in these days of the 2 pony race between Boeing and Airbus. I shall put in the 1947 vintage DC-4 ZS-BMH operated by the Historic Division of South African Airways at IAT in 1998. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48082450777_ebd56f347f_o.jpg South African Airways Douglas DC-4 Z...

Barn storming at the first Shuttleworth socially distanced airshow - DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANKT https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50137039617_ae997c19e2_o.jpg de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANKT / K-2585 by Neil Brant , on Flickr Originally posted here https://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum/view...

OK,so what happens if you do not own a car,access denied,even if you have purchased a ticket on line,social discrimination? Sadly during these extraordinary times being discriminated against for not being able to attend an airshow is the least of our worries. Without going in to too much detail I s...

Apparently each A380 will be passing through Heathrow on routine maintenance over the coming weeks and all returning to storage immediately.

Neil

British Midland Airways Boeing 737-4YO G-OBMG arriving on gate at Glasgow-Abbotsinch in Sept '91. 'MG' was my ride back to London (BD011) having visited for the Leuchars BoB Airshow on the Saturday - flight time 58 minutes. I flew in the same aircraft on the same route (BD015) exactly 2 years later ...

Like Andy, I attended the first Shuttleworth and UK Airshow of 2020 and also the world's first drive-in socially distanced airshow. Let's hope the need for them is short-lived! The event went far beyond expectations on organisation by the Shuttleworth team and to my delight the behaviour and respect...

For now a relatively recent picture, G-CIVS from February 2019

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVS by Neil Brant, on Flickr

....also the neighbours weren't too happy.....never again!!

I'm sure it would make a great 'man cave'. I have to admit that it's crossed my mind on occasion and whilst I may be able to afford the 737 nose I certainly couldn't afford the divorce!

Neil

My father-in-law worked for BAC on the Concorde project back in the early '70s. A couple of years back I took him and one of my sons to the amazing Bristol Aerospace museum at what's left of the Filton airfield, Pausing at one large photograph of the Concorde assembly hangar, he commented, "see that...

I've taken a chance and booked a ticket. If the weather behaves it should be a thoroughly pleasant afternoon and evening.

I'll need to give the camera a good dust off and clean beforehand!!

Neil

This is the closest I've got to any aeroplane since 7th March - aeroSPARX Grob 109s G-OFIX & G-CINO practising just outside Frome on Tuesday 23rd and photographed from our garden. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50038538606_689f84bb9f_o.jpg Grob G.109Bs G-CINO & G-OFIX by Neil Brant , on Fli...

No recent update. Pixsy had contacted the company responsible back in January and had set out their case to them and are waiting for a response. I'm guessing that they are hoping by not responding it will go away. As a free service added to Flickr I'm not sure what priority Pixsy place on cases comp...

This Beechcraft 2000 Starship was based at Oxford-Kidlington but I believe the pilot was local to the Maidenhead area. It was very energetically displayed at the White Waltham Airshow in 1993 including landing on the grass strip, quite a unique display item for any airshow. All Starships were withdr...

I've only been to White Waltham once (around 1980ish, I'd have to check ye olde logge booke), but I do remember that there was loads of vintage aircraft there that were very rarely seen elsewhere and were great gap-fillers for me in CAM. To the left of the entrance was a white nissen hut and in tha...

When I lived in the Thames Valley White Waltham was one of my local airfields and I frequently dropped in to see if anything of interest was about. Going back to 1990 and over the course of a couple of visits it became evident that a good number of American registered vintage and classic aircraft we...

Lovely shots and a selection of interesting aircraft types - Navion and Argus being two particular highlights for me.

Whilst being a little way from Somerset, if it does go ahead this year it looks as though it would justify the cost of a tank of diesel.

Thanks for posting

Neil

Month 2 of lockdown was spent still working from home and keeping an eye open for passing aircraft. GA started flying again during May and many pilots took the opportunity of the good weather to head to the south coast, via Somerset. A total of 74 in the book for the period, which is quite respectab...

One of my favourite special schemes of relatively recent times was the Etihad Grand Prix liveries - A340-642 A6-EHJ landing at Heathrow on 09L in April 2011. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49925046148_98ec20efa3_o.jpg Etihad Airbus A340-642 A6-EHJ - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2010 by Neil D. Brant , ...

A few slightly older 747s from me, slide scans from Gatwick and Heathrow. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49922460766_a21a64749a_o.jpg Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-287 G-VIRG by Neil D. Brant , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49921942603_8a35657763_o.jpg Virgin Atlantic Airwa...