| Compton Abbas and Popham
flyins- 11 May 2008 |
| Today there were three flyins
that we were aware of within close proximity of each other. Compton
Abbas, Popham and Brimpton. We had not been to Compton Abbas for a
while so decided to go there first. |
| The wind was reasonably
light, the visibility slightly hazy and the air moderately calm. We
routed past Chilbolton, South of Salisbury and very soon arrived downwind
of Compton Abbas. The circuit was very busy but we luckily found a
fairly quiet period and landed on 05, avoiding two large birds enjoying a
thermal. Unbeknown to us our photograph was taken by Olly Frampton. |
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| We were asked to park at the
end of the line way down the entire length of the airfield. We have
never seen so many planes at Compton Abbas, for a while some arrivals were
being turned away as no further parking spaces were available. We
signed in and had lunch watching the display given by three Yaks and
chatting to other visitors. We wished to visit Popham so left around
2pm. |
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| The trip to Popham was
uneventful and we enjoyed the drift across the countryside. We soon
discovered Popham was equally busy but we landed on 08 and headed for the
fuel bouser before enjoying a welcome coffee and a slice of cake. We
met up with Hugh Newell, Peter Gilchrist, Sue Thompson, Dick Richardson
amongst others. Viewing the stands and the aircraft before we sadly
departed home. Brimpton will have to wait for another day. |
| A couple of days later we
received a welcome Email from Olly offering the above superb pictures,
with his permission we include on the website. These were especially
welcome as our camera decided to play silly games and not work |
