Civilian Aviation

I attended my first airshow at Old Warden having been delighted with my visit under a month earlier for the Moth gathering.

It was an fabulous day, so relaxed and spoilt with such great flying. The weather did turn changable at show start time which made photogrpahy trickie at times, but just a case of putting the camera down and enjoying the display.

I've focused on the civilan marked aircraft below but there's alot more in my Flickr album.

Southern Martlet G-AAYX by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

de Havilland DH-88 Comet G-ACSS by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

de Havilland Formation by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

de Havilland DH-51 G-EBIR & DH-60 Cirrus Moth G-EBLV by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

de Havilland DH-60X Hermes Moth G-EBWD, DH-60 Cirrus Moth G-EBLV & DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANKT / K-2585 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Slingsby T.6 Kite 1 BGA310 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Spartan Arrow G-ABWP & de Havilland DH-60X Hermes Moth G-EBWD by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide G-AGSH by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Sopwith Dove G-EAGA by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Aeronca C3 G-ADRR by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Percival P.6 Mew Gull G-AEXF by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Zlin Z.226 Trener 6 G-EJGO by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Scillonia Airways de Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide G-AHAG by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Travel Air 4000 NC5427 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Miles M.2L Hawk Speed Six G-ADGP by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Desoutter I G-AAPZ by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Parnall Elf II G-AAIN by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Fauvel Wassmer AV.36CR BGA1999 by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Piper PA-18 Super Cub G-SVAS by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Miles M.38 Messenger G-AKBO by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Miles M.65 Gemini 1A G-AKHP by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Blackburn B2 G-AEBJ by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Extra EA300, EA330 & Cap 232s by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

I'm looking forward to regualar visits to Old Warden next year.

Thanks for looking

Neil

Very nice. It looks like you can get really close to the action.
Great shots.

Pete.

very nice Neil, unfortunately I missed that show as I was in Switzerland. It looks as though it was very good with one or two thatI've not seen flying there myself. Nice to know you may be there more regularly - I will look out ofr you.

It really is the best best regular airshow venue in the UK and never disappoints. A nice relaxed atmosphere and all very close to you.
andy

Very nice. It looks like you can get really close to the action.

It seemed to me as though the display line is a close or better than you will have seen at other Uk display venues back in the 80's and 90's, plus it's a curved display line. It really is a pleasure to see aircraft properly displayed as they should.

It looks as though it was very good with one or two thatI've not seen flying there myself

It appears to be that kind of line up, with a pool of available aircraft allowing their rotation through the display season plus invited aircraft to provide further variety. On the day the DH-88 Comet went tech, so didn't display and the wind was out of limits for the Southern Martlet and Comper Swift. So that's three to catch up with another time.

They used the large Paddock because of the crosswind factor on the main runwa with ytake off and landings for the WW1 and inter-war types - the beauty of a grass airfield.

Neil

Beautiful photos, Cessna954. It is such a great venue, especially on a sunny day, and always with a great atmosphere.
I have wonderful memories of attending shows there in the mid- to late-1990s; perhaps one day I'll get round to scanning the slides I have. All credit to the Shuttleworth Collection for the effort they put in to making the shows so enjoyable.