Civilian Aviation

I went to the Headcorn Battle of Britain show on Saturday (middle day of the 3 day event), a nice airshow and a great venue for photos especially from the Flightline enclosure for where my brother had bought tickets (belated birthday present).
Here are some of my photos from the event....

G-BEDF (124485) B.17 & G-ANAF (KP220) C-47 Headcorn 25-06-2022 7794. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BEDF (124485) B.17 Headcorn 25-06-2022 7878 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-ANAF (KP220) C-47 Dakota Headcorn 25-06-2022 0041. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-IIRP CAP-232 & G-NGTC Extra (Starlings Team) Headcorn 25-06-2022 8007 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-IIRP CAP-232 (Starlings Team) Headcorn 25-06-2022 8037 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AOIR Thruxton Jackaroo Headcorn 25-06-2022 0015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N18V Beech Staggerwing Headcorn 25-06-2022 8179 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N18V Beech Staggerwing Headcorn 25-06-2022 8205 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AWHK (Yellow 10) HA.1112 Buchon Headcorn 25-06-2022 0072 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AWHK (Yellow 10) HA.1112 Buchon Headcorn 25-06-2022 8342 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-WWLK & G-WGWK Boeing Stearmans Headcorn 25-06-2022 8416 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-DDMV (493206) Harvard Headcorn 25-06-2022 0137 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-CICK & G-CGYJ Spitfire pair (NH341 & TD314) Headcorn 25-06-2022 8440 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BGPB (1747) Harvard Headcorn 25-06-2022 0204 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this Yak has had a bit of a re-paint with the Russian insignia painted over with Ukranian colours and roundels - nice touch!..
F-AZIM '27' Yak 3-UTI Headcorn 25-06-2022 8702. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Hurricane & Spitfire formation Headcorn 25-06-2022 8745 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Hurricane x3 formation Headcorn 25-06-2022 8775 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-CGYJ Spitfire (TD314) Headcorn 25-06-2022 0119 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there are lots more in my flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 176465546/

and I'll finish with a rant! Why do official photographers get let loose on an airfield without any training on where to place themselves, I had a nice wide space between two parked aircraft (about 10 metres) so was able to pan nicely and then this tosser parked himself right smack centre in the gap, why aren't they told to stand in front of a parked aircraft where they are far less obtrusive and won't block sight lines? I labelled this photo PTFU, I'll leave you to work that out

PTFU 0107 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

thanks for looking
Andy

Nice set Andy. Official toggers have the right to put themselves anywhere they like I suppose. Doesn't mean they should be blinkered to other peoples view of aircraft though. I went to Headcorn a couple of weeks ago just for an afternoon out, and was very surprised there is now a parking charge. Can't go in the musuem without lightening the pockets either. Dont know if there's different ownership or what. Never been to the "airshow" at Headcorn. Do go most years to the Combined Ops event though.
Kevin