Thursday, 13 October 2011

Leuchars Air Show September 2011












Leuchars is an RAF base just outside St Andrews, in Fife.

Every year they have a hugely successful air Show. I have tried to go to it before but have had to give up due to traffic problems.

This year I went on a bus with the local Air Training Corps. It was easy and simple and the coach went straight into the base itself.

From there, a short walk to the airfield and a truly exciting day.


Unfortunately, the weather was not at it's best, and a number of aircraft were stuck in other parts of the UK. It was disappointing that that included the Battle of Britain Flight , with Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane.

But we were still thrilled by demonstrations from a number of aircraft and aerobatic troups.



There was of course The Red Arrows, still in shock from the loss of one of their pilots 2 weeks earlier at an airshow in the South of England.


There was La Patrouille Francaise, a crack French squadron who for me were the highlight. I had never seen them before, but am now a fan.


There was The Blades, 4 ex Red Arrow pilots in their single engined prop. aircraft.


The Vulcan jet was awesome, and the Dutch single fighter gave a dramatic display.


There was a catalina, a World war One bi plane, and at the end, a thrilling display complete with pyro-technics from aircraft based at Leuchars.


There were many static displays of aircraft and battle re-enactment groups from around the country.


I will be there next year too.






No comments:

Post a Comment