), they were very happy to let me crawl over the thing totally unescorted-after spending 15 minutes in the flight deck shooting hundreds of detail shots, I spent just as long exploring the back-and at no time did anyone else come aboard, a very pleasant experience. I suspect it would be a different matter at the weekend though, plenty of punters around to get in the way of the camera!The DC6 cafe was just as Reg described it, so I wont upload any more pics of it. Got chatting to the nice young lady who works on board and it turns out she is a fellow Salfordian who moved there with her dad, who now works at Airbase.
Lots of Daks of course, my one teeny tiny regret is that they were not opened up, but lets not get too greedy, eh? Maybe next time
The hangars were full of interesting stuff, and once again the casual and trusting atmosphere meant i was allowed to poke my lens pretty much wherever I wanted!
Ten out of ten for this outfit, I would certainly recommend a visit for those who have never been, it wont be long before I pay them a visit again.
I also paid a visit to the Midland Air Museum-another little gem of a place.
Just a small sample of what's on offer.
Electra
Howard 500
Dak G-ANAF
DC6 G-APSA
Later in the day an attempt was made to start up an engine-it failed. Shame, would have loved to have heard that thing rumbling away
A trio of ATP's over on the far side
Chrislea Super ace G-AKVF
Auster Autocrat G-JAYI
Cheers
Gary
