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25th September 2014 - Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB BE505 of the Hangar 11 Collection performs a flighpast in the capable hands of Tony Ditheridge at the annual Southport Airshow.
This is the only flying example of the 'Hurri-bomber' and is one of only 12 Hurricanes in flyable condition throughout the world.
The history of this aircraft is one which begins at the Canadian Car & Foundry Company factory in 1942 as construction number: CCF/R20023. CCF produced some 1,451 Hurricanes under license in the early years of World War II. On completion this Hurricane joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a home based fighter for the duration of the war. At the end of her military service she was refurbished to 'as new' condition and then sold off to the private sector, as were most surviving RCAF Hurricanes at that time. Many became much needed 'hardware stores' donating their parts to keep the tractors and machinery running on the many enormous farms of the Canadian prairie. Our aircraft was lucky and remained substantially whole, re-discovered by Tony Ditheridge in Canada in the 1990's with most major components intact. Returning to the UK, restoration work began in earnest in 2005 at Hawker Restorations facility in Suffolk. The comprehensive restoration was completed in January 2009 and saw this rare Hurricane rolled out in her fighter-bomber configuration resplendent in the markings of BE505, a Manston based Mk IIB operated by 174 (Mauritius) Squadron in spring, 1942. Her first post-restoration flight took place from North Weald on January 27, 2009.
11th July 2016 - Carlo Ferrari's Beech G18S 'N45CF. The classic Beech 18 dates from 1937, when the prototype first flew, and achieved great success both as a civil transport and in military roles including light transport and training. Named as the Expediter, it was used extensively by both the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. Not until 1970, remarkably, did the production run end. The G18S variant attending the Air Tattoo is owned by Carlo Ferrari from Switzerland, and appears in a very highly-polished natural metal finish.
Detta flygplan står på marken och sitter fast i en järnbalk som lyfter upp den cirka 10 meter upp i luften. Står som ett minne av Såtenäs flygflottilj vid sjön Vänern. Jag kunde inte låta bli och fixa lite i fotoshop så det ser ut som det flyger./This aircraft is on the ground and stuck in an iron beam that lift it up about 10 feet in the air. Stands as a memory of Satenas air wing at the lake Vänern. I could not help and fix some of the photo shop so it looks like it is flying.
Airline: Crystal Luxury Air
Aircraft: Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express
Registration: N989SF CN: 9234
Experimental Aircraft usually means a home built one of a kind, this was a very sharp airplane, note the sun shade in the cockpit area it gets hot in there.
The old and the new front line fighter aircraft look good together in the sky which is were they belong.
coming into land on a cold foggy January day.
Compton Abbas Airfield (IATA: n/a, ICAO: EGHA) is located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.
Compton Abbas Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P851) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Compton Abbas Airfield Limited). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.[2]
Thank you for your good wishes when I was poorly back in the summer and for all your kind comments