RAF Abingdon BoB Show 1982

[xkekeith]

Just finished scanning the slides for 1982, the last show of the season was RAF Abingdon which featured a Falklands Theme, selected highlights below:

Usuall excellent support from the RAE in the static:
VZ345 Sea Fury T20 A&AEE Boscombe Down by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XP505 Gnat T1 & XX105 BAC 1'11 RAE Bedford by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Argentine Agusta later impressed into service at Hereford.
AE331 'CC' Agusta A109A Argentine Army (ZE411) by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Black Buck Vulcan
XM607 Vulcan B2 44 Sqn RAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Vulcan mission symbols
XM607 Vulcan B2 44 Sqn RAF mission symbols by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

ZA710 'BC' Chinook HC.1 7 Sqn RAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XV107 VC10 C1 10 Sqn RAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

The OCU Chinook dropped a car from several hundred feet
ZA677 'FK' Chinook HC1 240 OCU RAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XH669 Victor K2 57 Sqn RAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

The flying display concluded with a Hercules demonstrating a mail pick up, it missed at the first attempt and succeeded with the second.
XV222 Hercules C1 LTW RAF mail pick up by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

[Ridge Runner]

Another great memory . Thanks for posting, Keith

[Buccaneer]

Superb!

[paddyboy]

Hi Keith

Great to see these, as we never made it to Abingdon

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Blackcat1]

Cracking photos.

[roughcutter]

That's a really great line up of two fascinating subjects, the Falklands celebration and the raspberry ripple brigade. I know that the Sea Fury crashed, what became of that Gnat? Splendid pix by the way, thanks for sharing.

[woody]

Smashing Pics. I used to work at Abingdon in ATC for a couple of years in the mid to late 80s so really nostalgic. Also nice to see an Abingdon display in rare sunshine. Would this have been on the usual BOB September date?

Fond memories as my first RAF posting and flying as a cadet with 6 AEF.

Many thanks for sharing and if you have anymore would love to see them.

Best Regards
Steve

[F3]

That 2nd image of RAE 'Little + Large' a/c is a belter.