Old Warden Special ops airshow 20-05-2023

[andygolfer]

I went to the evening show at Old Warden on Saturday, my first evening show for a while and a super evening it was with excellent weather, here is a selection of my photos....

they were using runway 02 so the aircraft were towed to the southern end of the airfield before the show started, so some interesting angles as they passed us, you'll see more of the Lysander later
G-AZWT(V9367) Lysander Old Warden 20-05-2023 1308 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I'll do the military ones first so those that don't want to see the civilian element can look away,
Gladiator, Hurricane and Spitfire formation Old Warden 20-05-2023 1768 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AWII (AR501) Spitfire & G-BKTH (Z7015) Sea Hurricane Old Warden 20-05-2023 9033 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-RRGN (PS853 C) Spitfire PRXIX Old Warden 20-05-2023 1605. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BKTH (Z7015) Sea Hurricane Old Warden 20-05-2023 1696. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AWII (AR501) Spitfire Old Warden 20-05-2023 9150 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AMRK (K7985) Gladiator, Old Warden 20-05-2023 1819. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BNGE (TW536) Auster AOP6 Old Warden 20-05-2023 1447 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-VNAM (0-14781) Cessna L-19A Bird Dog Old Warden 20-05-2023 9185. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-VNAM (0-14781) Cessna L-19A Bird Dog Old Warden 20-05-2023 9205. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BHVV &BKHG Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Old Warden 20-05-2023 9240 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BPIV L6739 Bristol Blenheim Old Warden 20-05-2023 9356 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I chose to go to the southern end so I could get departure and landing shots..
G-BPIV L6739 Bristol Blenheim Old Warden 20-05-2023 1960 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-EBIA SE.5a Old Warden 20-05-2023 8893 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-EBKY (9917) Sopwith Pup Old Warden 20-05-2023 8946. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BNZC '671' DHC.1 Chipmunk Old Warden 20-05-2023 2012. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-ANKT (K2585) Tiger Moth & G-EBWD DH.60X Old Warden 20-05-2023 2058. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-BOCK (N6290) Sopwith Triplane Old Warden 20-05-2023 9470. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the Lizzie featured in a special ops re-enactment at the end of the evening demonstrating a night time landing in France, I have darkened these a bit to make it more realistic to twhat they would have encountered...
G-AZWT(V9367) Lysander Old Warden 20-05-2023 9619. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Resistance enactors Old Warden 20-05-2023 9641t by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Resistance enactors Old Warden 20-05-2023 9660m by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AZWT(V9367) Lysander Old Warden 20-05-2023 9670e by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AZWT(V9367) Lysander Old Warden 20-05-2023 9699n by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

now look away if you only like military aircraft
the pilots were driven to the southern end in vintage cars
G-ACSS DH.88 Comet Old Warden 20-05-2023 1284 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-ACSS DH.88 Comet Old Warden 20-05-2023 8712c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-EBIR DH.51 Old Warden 20-05-2023 1292s by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-ADGP Hawk speed 6 and G-AEXF Mew Gull Old Warden 20-05-2023 8605. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

glider launch
BGA1999 Fauvel AV.36 glider Old Warden 20-05-2023 2049 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AAIN Parnell Elf Old Warden 20-05-2023 9428. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and playing silly beggers - 3 aircraft tied together with bunting (it broke in the early stages of the display)!
DH.60X, Parnell Elf & Tiger Moth Old Warden 20-05-2023 2049a by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I think I've uploaded enough now but there are lots more in my flickr album : https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 922355893/

thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Andy

[XWP29]

Nice set Andy, 2nd practise Friday afternoon the bunting held up for a good few circuits. Pity it didn’t work on Saturday but heyho.

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these, another great selection of shots from the Shuttleworth Collection.

[atwallbank]

Nice set
Great picture of the Comet being towed, brings that element of the show to life

[monkeypuzzle11]

Great images Andy. Love the old tractor pulling them out.

[andygolfer]

Thanks for the comments everyone, it made an interesting change to be at the southern end and I shall try it again when they are using runway 02.
There were some nice angles at that end and take off and landing shots were easy although there were very few visiting aircraft otherwise we may have had our view blocked at times.
Andy