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Royzee617
Tech Sergeant
Here's another of those specialty acts - The Aerostars - some dedicated fellow plane owners got together a few years ago to thrill the crowds. I saw this team a few times and was always impressed.
One time I saw them was while we were at IWM Duxford. They were in the distance heading East. It scared me when they dipped lower and disappeared behind the hills. I waited to see them pull up but they didn't. I feared the worst. But all was well. I suddenly realised they must have been returning to their base, North Weald, a few miles further down the M11 which skirts the edge of IWMD.
I think I have a bit of it on video but I mucked it up and had not pressed the record button. Shows how preoccupied I was!
My worries were well-founded as one of the only times I have nearly seen a crash was at IWM D. And it was a Russian plane. We were waving au revoir to the Yak as it flew by on its way to a show in France. To our consternation, and the pilot's no doubt, it began spewing flame and smoke! Popping and banging the machine ended in the field just over the M11. This is where the Bf-109 and Firefly ended up I think.
As we were leaving the forlorn-looking Yak was being towed down the approach road from the M11 on its wheels. Muddy but intact it was a testament to the ruggedness of this plane. It was soon back flying I recall and probably still is.
One time I saw them was while we were at IWM Duxford. They were in the distance heading East. It scared me when they dipped lower and disappeared behind the hills. I waited to see them pull up but they didn't. I feared the worst. But all was well. I suddenly realised they must have been returning to their base, North Weald, a few miles further down the M11 which skirts the edge of IWMD.
I think I have a bit of it on video but I mucked it up and had not pressed the record button. Shows how preoccupied I was!
My worries were well-founded as one of the only times I have nearly seen a crash was at IWM D. And it was a Russian plane. We were waving au revoir to the Yak as it flew by on its way to a show in France. To our consternation, and the pilot's no doubt, it began spewing flame and smoke! Popping and banging the machine ended in the field just over the M11. This is where the Bf-109 and Firefly ended up I think.
As we were leaving the forlorn-looking Yak was being towed down the approach road from the M11 on its wheels. Muddy but intact it was a testament to the ruggedness of this plane. It was soon back flying I recall and probably still is.
