| 30 July - Branscombe Flyin,
classic cars and airshow |
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| We woke to very good
visibility so all seemed good for our proposed flight to Branscombe. |
| The route is now well known
to us, so we could enjoy the scenery without having to worry too much
about finding navigation points. We stopped off at Henstridge for
fuel and a coffee and met and chatted with someone who was heading for the
same venue. |
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| We had to be on the ground by
12:15 as there was an air display due to commence at 12:30, so we did not
stay too long at Henstridge. |
| We always look for the
aerials at Rampisham as they can be seen for miles, then headed for the
coast. We flew along the coast to Branscombe calling up the airfield
for landing instructions. |
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| The airfield is easily
visible and we slipped into the circuit with the other planes wishing to
land. It was quite busy. Already there were several planes on
the ground, many classic cars parked and stalls doing a roaring
trade. Martin is always attracted to the tool stalls, he bought one
tool and some very small drills. I am sure had we not been in the
plane he would have been tempted by many other tools. The
temperature dropped and we both changed out of our shorts and into jeans. |
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| We bought burgers and coffee
and sat by the plane to watch the display. A friend, Andy Williams (not
the singer - although he may have a very good voice) approached us with a
huge smile on his face, we had not seen him for a while and it was good to
catch up on his news. He had not seen AY before as we were flying in
HW when we last saw him. |
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| The display consisted of two
P51s, a Hurricane, the Two Utterly Butterly Steerman, a BA Swallow, Stampe,
Fox Moth, the First World War replicas SE5s, Sopwith Triplane, and German
monoplanes and a Pitts. It is amazing that the Utterly Butterly
girls unstrap themselves from their position and climb into the plane
before it lands. |
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| The wind started getting up
so we decided to leave as soon as possible. The marshalls did a
fantastic job and got us off very quickly and we returned home in record
time with a strong tail wind. |
| When we arrived back at the
airfield we discovered a glider who had made a safe field landing on the
strip and was positioned just off the runway and waiting to be collected. |
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| Despite being quite cold, we
both got wind burnt faces and were very tired after a most enjoyable air
display and a great days flying. |
