He went to a brilliant evening show at The Shuttleworth Collection on 13th August where he saw some of the oldest flying aircraft in the World. He then went to the Bournemouth Air Festival between 18-21st August. The weather was rather mixed for the Bournemouth show but decent conditions appeared most of the time except on Thursday which saw over 2 inches of rain and was a total washout.
Here are a few photo highlights:
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| Bristol Boxkite...the pilots always get a big cheer when they land for flying these Edwardian machines |
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| 1910 Deperdussin....101 years old! |
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| 1910 Deperdussin |
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| A pair of British classic jets |
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| The Memorial Flight treated us to a dusk flypast in the nice evening light |
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| Dusk parachuting |
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| The amazing B-17 Fortress |
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| These small aerobatic aircraft do what seems impossible! |
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| At the end of this display on saturday Red 4 crashed and the pilot died...precision display flying at these altitudes is a serious business, not just light entertainment |
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