Civilian Aviation

Fine weather, Saturday, for the annual LAA Rally.
Plenty of homebuilt kits eg Vans, Europa etc and factory types Auster, Piper Cub, Luscombe etc.
Picture heavy - my personal pick of the more interesting aircraft.



Tipsy Trainer G-AISA Sywell


Chilton CW-1A G-AFSV Sywell


Percival E Mew Gull G-AEXF Sywell


Comper CLA7 Swift Replica G-ECTF Sywell


Taylor JT2 Titch G-AYZH Sywell


Taylor JT1 Monoplane G-AYSH Sywell


Wittman W8 Tailwind G-BMHL Sywell


RAF 2000 Gyro G-CBIT Sywell


Robin ATL F-GFOR Sywell


Thorp T18 SE-XIP Sywell


Vans RV-9A F-PLLE Sywell


Vans RV-8 D-EIGT Sywell


Sonex Onex PH-VDK Sywell


Jodel EC-ZCZ Sywell


SNCAN NC-854S G-BJEL Sywell


Marquart MA5 Charger G-BVJX Sywell


EAA Biplane B G-AVZW Sywell


Gardan GY-80 Horizon F-BNYC Sywell


Jodel EI-GFV Sywell


Aviasud Mistral G-MYSL Sywell


Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri G-CRIK Sywell


Three Miles pictures showing transition through Mercury, Messenger and Gemini.


Miles M28 Mercury OY-ALW Sywell


Miles M38 Messenger G-AKIN Sywell


Miles M65 Gemini G-AKHP Sywell

Work in progress -


Conway Viper G-CKUS Sywell

Well named -


Whittaker MW9 Plank G-CKAA Sywell

Verhees Delta F-PDHV has been regular a few years, but here is F-PDHZ - a two seat version.


Verhees Delta 2 F-PDHZ 1 Sywell


Verhees Delta 2 F-PDHZ 2 Sywell

Now the pseudo military -


Sopwith Pup Replica A653 Sywell


Ms317 FN 351 G-MOSA Sywell


Republic P-47D USAAF G-THUN 549192 Sywell


HA-1112 German AF 7 G-AWHM Sywell



If you made it this far, it must have been interesting !

Thanks for looking.

Pete.

I do recognise some regulars in that excellent selection of shots; not least SE-XIP which I have a photo of, in the same scheme, from the 1990 PFA Rally at Cranfield!

First Rally I have missed for a number of years apart from when they stopped same- chose to go to the match instead -wished I had gone to the Rally after seeing your excellent pictures.

Happy Days

Bob

That's a very nice set of shots Pete, I used to love going to the PFA Rallies at Sywell & Cranfield many moons ago.

Thanks everyone.

I wonder how far I have walked, up and down the lines of a/c over the years. It's nice to see latest kit builds, but I still favour the older types.
I never got around to attending until 1990 onwards.
Apart from Cranfield and Sywell, I recall, there have been rally's at Kemble and Wroughton.
I try not to get confused with the GVFWE events which I think were Abingdon, Hullavington and also Kemble.

Yes, you do recognise a few regulars. I first saw SE-XIP in 1990 !
There used to be a yellow Jodel D-EDOL that turned up at all the fly-ins. Funny what you can remember.

Pete.

First one I went too was at Leicester East in the year dot a long long time ago.

Bob