Great post BVS. Reminds me of my trip through there in a Vampire T.11 from a Summer ATC Camp at Shawbury. Fabulous days!!. Thanks John,I was at Shawbury for summer camp in the summer of '69 (somebody should write a song about that :lol: ) - lucky boy to get a vamp trip - all I got was a chippie tri...

In 1978ish I had a little series of low level Hawk back seat trips from Brawdy to Coltishall as prep for (as he was then) a Prince Charles Hawk trip from Brawdy to Colt.My role was to do turn rounds/refuel any attending Hawks,there had to be a QFI in the tower at Colt - so I always flew up with the ...

Lovely to see those :thumbs: Bet those old propliners made a lovely racket :lol: Thanks for putting them up :thumb: Paddyboy :clap: Thanks as always for the kind comments pb. All the aircraft at Reno made a lovely racket,some of the Tankers sounded like they needed spark plugs :lol: - they were wor...

Engine run ups for 'Gold Final'



Ready to go

1997 Reno Races This Guy was doing unspeakable things with his poor old jet engine https://i.imgur.com/99a7kaN.jpg :lol: Fifi taxying out https://i.imgur.com/vmbD34j.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wu6BtwK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/41x4IEB.jpg Sea Fury taxying for the Gold Final race https://i.imgur.com/inTmE...

I never kept any diaries of holidays etc so some of these are from 1994 and some from 1997 (pre digital for me) I was over in California and Nevada for a holiday in 1994 and this fire was burning for the whole 3 weeks I was there - hence we start with some Douglas Tankers - they were in and out like...

Fibrous Freddie wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:52 am

All rather talented and resourceful ground chaps on 616 Sqn, including my father...
Apparently it took a lot of 'nous' to keep the jets serviceable.

Lovely picture Freddie - nice to see something that little bit different

None of them wearing Pilots Wings, but top button undone on battle dress would seem to indicate that they were fighter pilots. Curious. :S Just being the usual groundcrew 'scruffs' John :lol: (as many of us were at least up until the 1980's) Actually their BD's look in fairly good condition ! I use...

Punkrunner62 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:06 pm

Thanks bvs, always nice to see things from the inside, and some nice types as well.
Cheers.

Thanks 62 and glad you enjoyed the pics

May I ask as of when this has been the case? I had read it had closed a few years ago (after Reg passed away, I seem to remember), but the museum was open last year (I visited April/May time). Apologies Prof - it looks like it was reopened,I should have double checked and not trusted 1 (undated) in...

Another nice record of the event there :thumbs: Paddyboy :clap: Many thanks PB :) Some interesting photos there - I hadn't appreciated G-PIGY (and G-BEOL too) had gone to Guyana (though it was reported in 2019) - that would explain why we haven't seen much of them in recent years. Glad you enjoyed ...

Crewed up and ready to go https://i.imgur.com/476wriP.jpg Engines running and ready to taxy https://i.imgur.com/rAy6kWT.jpg Heading East to the eastern intersection https://i.imgur.com/FVoQfIY.jpg And she is off https://i.imgur.com/s7yDmPi.jpg Good Boy :) - coming round for a close pass :D https://i...

In Nov 2009 a little bird told me that the Vimy was going to be moving from Dunsfold to Brooklands,so on the 15th Nov I 'just happened' to be visiting the aerodrome :lol: I kept out of everybody's way but managed to safely get quite close to the Vimy a couple of times. The Vimy first did a local fli...

Great set of images and accompanying editorial! I can't recall ever seeing pictures of that Sea Harrier trials Dominie ZF130 before. Very smart looking jet with the modified nose and black cockpit trim. Hi Dan - many thanks for kind message. As Alf posted ZF130 was a converted (600 series ) 125. Sh...

Excellent set from a place I have, and will never, visit :thumbs: Thanks for posting :thumb: Paddyboy :clap: Many thanks for the kind comment as always PB :) Indeed I have 3 C-133B's logged that went into Dunsfold in Spring 1971. Because the runway at Dunsfold was on the same orientation as Gatwick...

lynothehammer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:56 am

Great set of photos, really enjoyed browsing through your Dunsfold posts.

Many thanks Lyn - glad you enjoyed them
It was great to be back for a visit - I even wore my old Dunsfold cap for the day (still got it)

regards baz

Professor_M wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:33 pm

https://regdaymuseum.co.uk

The museum is open at Dunsfold Park from 10:00 to 15:00 every Wednesday by appointment.

Hi Prof - sorry to say that AFAIK the Reg Day Museum has been closed and items put into storage.

regards baz

Mustang531 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:34 am

I note the Seahawk in one pic, I think that it's still there.

I have just had a quick look online and the 'Spares Ship'/Christmas Tree Sea Hawk in the T8 picture is probably WV911 which apparently eventually went back to Yeovilton.
The 'Dunsfold Park' Sea Hawk is WV795.

That's a terrific view of life "at work", thanks baz. I only attended a couple of family days and one working visit (messing about with XX156 when it was with the trials fleet), but remember it as a very interesting place and you'd never know what you'd find in a corner! Random Saudi fuselage piece...

Very nice selection from inside, from a place we don't often see many images from. Cheers. Great set of photos and it just reminds us of what we once had. Great set - aviation history, thanks for sharing A very interesting post from somewhere I never managed to visit. Remember hearing MAC C-133's g...