On Saturday, daughter and I travelled up to RAF Leuchars for the annual Air Show. We travelled on the Clydebank RAF Cadets Squadron bus. This has the great advantage that you enter the show via the Base, avoiding the compulsory Park and Ride.
This new system has hugely reduced the chaos that usually brought the whole Leuchars area to a standstill.
We left Clydebank about 7.30 am and travelled via Paisley to collect more cadets, and we arrived at Leuchars shortly after 10am.
The day was sunny and dry, but there was strong cold wind that had its effect on the show. The Parachute display team were unable to participate, the DC3 developed engine trouble, but all the others, including the First World War Fighter managed their displays despite the gusty conditions.
We had displays from The Blades, the last flying Vulcan Bomber, a Typhoon, The Tucano, The Battle of Britain Spitfire and Hurricane, a Pitt Special, an amazing display by a Chinook Helicopter, A fly past by a B-17, an E3-D Sentry Boeing, a Hawker Sea Fury, the Tornado GR4, a Hawk T1, a Gloster Meteor, and the Red Arrows.
There was plenty of noise and a lot to see in both flying and static displays.
There seemed to be a much larger crowd this year, probably due to the possibility of this being the last Leuchars Show.
The only negative item was the bally sun. It played havoc with the auto focus on everyones' cameras.
Peronally speaking I thought this year' show was not as engrossing as that of last year. But despite that reservation, it was still a nice way to spend an afternoon.
I will add more photos in later blogs....come back and see them!
http://theblades.com/
http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/184/82/The-last-flying-Vulcan.html
http://raf.mod.uk/bbmf/
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| static display |
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| USA DC9 |
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| B-52 Stratofortress |
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| crowds await the flying |
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| The Hawk |
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| Spitfire and Hurricane |
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| Tornados |
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| Red Arrows arrive in style |
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| Tucano |
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| 2 of the 4 Blades |
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| Pitt Special |
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| Gloster Meteor |
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| E3-D Sentry |
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| the Vulcan |
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| The Chinook |
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| B-52 fly pass |
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