Culdrose 1981

[mancman]

A fairly low key event but with nice old style Navy colour schemes.

XZ492 Sea Harrier FRS.1 RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

XZ733 Lynx HAS.2 RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

XX481 Jetstream T.2 RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

XR441 Sea Heron RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

XJ319 Sea Devon RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

WV908 Sea Hawk FGA.9 RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

Sea Harrier FRS.1 x 4 RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

ZA676 Chinook HC.1 RAF July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

[mancman]

Forgot this one, probably the most interesting.

XN692 Sea Vixen RN July 1981 Culdrose by Andy Bird, on Flickr

[Mustang531]

A nice selection here, never did a Culdrose show, it being midweek and a long way from home. Trying to get time off could sometimes be an issue. Nice to see a Jetstream in hybrid scheme and the Sea Vixen too. I did do base tours in 1997 and 2007, the advantage being that you saw more than on an Air Day. Thank you for showing these.

[The Phantom]

Great to see the SHars in original colours

And yes - interesting scheme on the Sea Vixen

[binbrook87]

Great shots. The pre Falklands SHAR scheme is rather tasty and I've never seen a RN Jetstream in the RAF colour scheme. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[paddyboy]

Hi Andy

Great to see a selection of ‘frames with a splash of colour on them

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[slogen51]

Lovely stuff

Especially like XZ492 later to be an Argentinian Skyhawk killer

[ciaranchef]

Gorgeous Sea Harriers