This was my first visit to the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. Due to Covid we had booked an extra large space for the car and this is where we would have to stand to take our images.
Well prepared with lunch, drinks and back-up reading.
We were not as early as we thought joined the long queue across the park to reach the airfield. Our ‘large’ parking space was right at the back of all the other spaces and shared with mobile homes and people carriers.
Once parked we went for a walk to look inside the hangars and then along the flight line.
While we waited for flying to start we notices some bees, then more bees and we dived into the car to get away from the swarm. The car next to us attracted the queen and soon the swarm was settling around the front of the car! The organisers called for pest removal and over an hour later the bees were being coaxed into a wooden box to be taken away.
Once flying started, our challenge was to find patches of blue sky to grab an image.
Light relief came with an excellent aerobatic display from this glider.
de Havilland DH.88 Comet
This was the plane that I really wanted to see and hear for my myself the de Havilland DH.88 Comet.
Fairey Swordfish
Another plane from my childhood books and films about sinking the Bismarck – the Fairey Swordfish.
Westland Lysander
And finally I was able to see another plane from my childhood comic books – the Westland Lysander.
The last memorable display was one from the glider against a clear blue sky.
