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The Sywell Air Display was opened by the Utterly Butterly wing walking display team with their two old Stearman biplanes and two young ladies. |
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The Stearman display, the last for Utterly Butterly, was quite breathtaking for the audience, but hard on the hair for some. |
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The girls performed all sorts of exotic gyrations.... |
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The Thruxton Jackaroo is an unusual aircraft displayed at the Sywell Air Show. It is an Australian inspired de Havilland Tiger Moth conversion, providing four seats and an enclosed cabin. |
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The performance of the vintage Jackaroo is comparable to the modern Cessna 172
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The Bucker Jungmeister was up next with a spectacular air display demonstrating the hazards of smoking. |
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Some people think doing it upside down makes it more acceptable. It doesn't, but it might be more fun. |
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If the Utterly Butterly girls had wing walked on this old pre war biplane, would they have been on top of old smokey? |
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Looks like the rush for the queue at Tesco's. Give me some elbow room, please! |
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Thats better. After you, sir. |
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Thank you very much. Tell me, do you know where the peas are? |
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Yes, they are behind you. They're over here. |
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So much nicer when the sun comes out. |
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| Cross your hearts are being worn a little higher, this year. |
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de Havilland Tiger Moth preparing for a barnstorming session of flour bombing and ballon bursting. |
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A pair of Fokker DR1 Triplanes followed the Harvards. They look more like toys. No they are not models hanging from my bedroom ceiling. |
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Herr Baron, haff you seen Charlie Brown, recently. |
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Nein, Charlie Brown is chust ein figment of der fevered imagination. |
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Zen vas is das behind you? |
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Ach, Dachschund Doo. Auf Wiedrsehen, Max! |
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A simulated battle between two replica German Fokker DR1 Triplanes and a British SE5 and a Spad resulted in a totally unexpected victory for the Allies. |
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After the "battle" the Spad does a victory fly by. |
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Never mind the Hun, where's the sun?
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The SE5 treats the crowd to a slow fly by, too. |
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Then, quite figuratively out of the blue, comes the P51 Mustang |
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The weather took a turn for the worse as the de Havilland display started. Still good weather for watching the Sywell flying display, but not so good for photography, unfortunately. |
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Dragon Rapide and Chipmunks celebrate 60 years of the de Havilland Chipmunk |
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The Catalina has always been a favourite of mine.
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What a beautifully clean machine, this Consolidated PBY Catalina. |
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Sywell would not be Sywell without this sight and sound. |
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Has there ever been a more beautiful aeroplane than this? |
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Or a more worthy icon than its stablemate the Hawker Hurricane? |
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Hurricane |
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Spitfire, Sywell Air Display |
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Spitfire, Sywell Air Display |
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Hurricane, Sywell |
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P40 |
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P40 |
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P40 brings the Sywell Air Display to an end.
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