It's so long since I took any photos of aircraft that I felt like posting something. The question is, what?I took these on a visit to Popham in September which seems a lot more than two months ago.
First of all, two beautiful Pitts Specials. I love these little aeroplanes.
The resident Ant on a slow fly-by. Graceful as a galleon in full sail.
Ian Trask in his immaculate Yak 55. He's a regular visitor & always gives us a nice show. He spends more time inverted than the right way up.
Mic's Old Sarum topic reminded me of my visit there, again in September. I didn't realise the camera was on the wrong settings for most of the day so the results were disappointing. Here's one of my better efforts. This nice little Kitfox is also a regular visitor to Popham. That's a dummy radial cowling covering up a standard Rotax engine.
This nice Tiger Moth is based at Old Sarum. The odd colour scheme shows up well in the air. Note the ingenious trolley under the tailskid. I thought they were making rather a meal of it as I used to hoist the tail on my shoulder & move them on my own. I suppose that would be against health & safety regulations these days. :-/
Unfortunately I haven't got any photos to prove it so here's one of a young Hagar swinging the prop instead. Must have been in 1961 when I was 18. I pinched it from the Shoreham Airport News. I thought they wouldn't mind as I had no idea it was being taken & nobody asked my permission.
People Eating Tasty Animals.
