Avros and Hawkers

[photogeek]

A few Pics from sundays shuttleworth pagent - all taken with Nikon d300 and VR 70-300mm lens

Avros












Hawkers

[Benchista]

Surely the triplane is a Sopwith, not an Avro?

[photogeek]

Oops wrong link from Flickr - yes it is a sopworth Triplane

[Dave_Cox]

Nice to see all these old types in the air - especially the Annie and Sea Hurricane.

[Ednewbie]

I like your photos, particularly Dixie and 7L. Were the planes low or were you in a plane?

[P_Stoddart]

They are great shots. Perfect with the blue sky and clouds as background. I too quite like the Dixie II tri-plane. Not seen one flying myself.

[RovingMike]

Nice to see all these old types in the air - especially the Annie and Sea Hurricane.

I flew in an Annie once from RAF Wittingley and just about everything shook. My old man did an operational tour on them over the Channel in 1940, where they were sitting ducks for 109s.

[Jefffers]

Great set of pictures - the Lanc is particularly impressive. My big brother flew these for a while, just after the war. His ambition was to loop one as Alex Henshaw did, but commonsense prevailed!!

Geoff

[jchrisc]

Nice to see all these old types in the air - especially the Annie and Sea Hurricane.

I flew in an Annie once from RAF Wittingley and just about everything shook. My old man did an operational tour on them over the Channel in 1940, where they were sitting ducks for 109s.

AVRO was still building Ansons at Chadderton when I started there in 1947. A fascinating airframe offering opportunity to practice all the old-fashioned aircraft fitter skills. The Lancaster was gone by the time I arrived, but the company was still building the Lancastrian, essentially the Lancaster converted as a civilian transport aircraft.

[Dave_Cox]

I flew in an Annie once from RAF Wittingley and just about everything shook.

Can't have been as bad the Vickers Varsity that I flew in as a cadet (Summer camp at RAF Oakington). I swear that plane was the original "only held together by the rivets holding hands" !! You could see them shaking in their holes in the wings........

[RovingMike]

I flew in an Annie once from RAF Wittingley and just about everything shook.

Can't have been as bad the Vickers Varsity that I flew in as a cadet (Summer camp at RAF Oakington). I swear that plane was the original "only held together by the rivets holding hands" !! You could see them shaking in their holes in the wings........

I'd take a bet on that. The Annie was probably a few years older than the Varsity ("flying pig" wasn't it?) and vibration could loosen your fillings. Of course it remained a communications aircraft for the RAF until the Bassett came along late in the 60s. Possibly the last tail dragger in service apart from the Chippies as primary trainers?