Biggin Hill airshow

[Martin]

Have bike; will get the best view (without paying)

The Reds; no matter how many times you see them they blow you away every time



Cue Vera Lynn



I think we know what this is



Ow my ears hurt; the Eurofighter Typhoon



Mustang



Stratotanker; takes me back to the old days of watching 707's approaching Heathrow over Earls Court at the Motor Show



Sea Vixen?



More old skool; the original Red Arrows Folland Gnats which gave an impressive duo display



Please buy me

[clarion]

Sea Vixen not showing

[clarion]

The Gnat is an amazing plane.  I was sad when the Red Arrows re-equipped with the less attractive Hawks.

Brilliant photos, I ought to say... Thanks

[Jurek]

Nice, Martin.

[Martin]

The Gnat is an amazing plane.  I was sad when the Red Arrows re-equipped with the less attractive Hawks.

it was an annual pilgrimage to Brighton in the Summer hols to watch the Gnats display between the piers;

A few years later I was mending a motorbike in the Brighton back streets when we saw the Hawks doing a display, thought it a bit odd that there were suddenly only 8. Found out when I got home that one had gone into the drink... (pilot ejected OK)

[Jaded]

The droolicious Vulcan! 

[clarion]

Hindustan continued making the Gnat for many years.

Ooh - and I can see the Sea Vixen now. Marvellous design.

[Tourist Tony]

Google Image Search
Nice link.

[Martin]

on the subject of Dame Vera; spot the deliberate mistake...

[clarion]

Yeah.  Vera were never that big.

[Martin]

Yeah.  Vera were never that big.

nope;

[pcolbeck]

Trains don't float ?

[Martin]

Trains don't float ?

nope

<anorak>
try googling the train number
</anorak>

[Jules]

30 sec in Google. Loco 75014 wasn't built until 1951.

What's the prize?

[Martin]

30 sec in Google. Loco 75014 wasn't built until 1951.

What's the prize?

I'll paint julesh on the tarmac at the top of Dame Vera's very own Ditchling Beacon and piss the villagers off even more than usual 

[Jules]

30 sec in Google. Loco 75014 wasn't built until 1951.

What's the prize?

I'll paint julesh on the tarmac at the top of Dame Vera's very own Ditchling Beacon and piss the villagers off even more than usual 

Cool - I'm look out for it next time I walk past