Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Little Gransden air show, August 24th, 2014.
As you will have seen from Karl's thread in the 'Aircraft Pictures' section, we went to see the two Lancasters at this air show, held on a lovely little grass airstrip not far from Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, UK.
The field is privately owned, only a mile or so from the former bomber base of Gransden Lodge, and is the home of Yak UK, and The Cambridge Flying Group.
The show, in aid of 'Children in Need', a UK charity, was a mixture of some 'warbirds', aerobatic formation displays, and the very entertaining, 1930's style, 'Captain Neville's Flying Circus', of which more later, and provided a great, relaxed atmosphere, more like an old-fashioned 'garden party'.
Fortunately, the heavy rain, which had plagued the region, held off for the day, which was warm and sunny, although a lot of back-lit cloud caused some tricky photographic conditions at times, evident in some of the shots.
The field was packed to capacity, with the Lancasters of the Canadian Warplane Heritage and the BBMF being the major attraction, and the mighty Vulcan, in it's penultimate display season, holding the crowds in awe.
There were quite a few cases of somewhat damp eyes, when these three products of the AVRO company did their stuff !!
The Lancasters displayed at the mid-point of the show but, as these were the attraction, I'll start off with a few sample photos.
More will follow very soon.
As you will have seen from Karl's thread in the 'Aircraft Pictures' section, we went to see the two Lancasters at this air show, held on a lovely little grass airstrip not far from Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, UK.
The field is privately owned, only a mile or so from the former bomber base of Gransden Lodge, and is the home of Yak UK, and The Cambridge Flying Group.
The show, in aid of 'Children in Need', a UK charity, was a mixture of some 'warbirds', aerobatic formation displays, and the very entertaining, 1930's style, 'Captain Neville's Flying Circus', of which more later, and provided a great, relaxed atmosphere, more like an old-fashioned 'garden party'.
Fortunately, the heavy rain, which had plagued the region, held off for the day, which was warm and sunny, although a lot of back-lit cloud caused some tricky photographic conditions at times, evident in some of the shots.
The field was packed to capacity, with the Lancasters of the Canadian Warplane Heritage and the BBMF being the major attraction, and the mighty Vulcan, in it's penultimate display season, holding the crowds in awe.
There were quite a few cases of somewhat damp eyes, when these three products of the AVRO company did their stuff !!
The Lancasters displayed at the mid-point of the show but, as these were the attraction, I'll start off with a few sample photos.
More will follow very soon.
