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RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:48 am
by HangTen
I'll be camping at Totterdown Farm from 14th to 19th July for RIAT ...... will anyone else from here be there?
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:02 pm
by mikeonb4c
HangTen wrote:I'll be camping at Totterdown Farm from 14th to 19th July for RIAT ...... will anyone else from here be there?
No, but my gliding club (Oxford GC, best club in the world, up there with Bongo peeps) will. Look out for our T21 'Daisy' somewhere in the static displays. Done in RAF training colours and looks like this:
Must be one of our pilots too as I do believe he's making a rude sign
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:12 pm
by mister munkey
Is that an aged Slingsby'Sedburgh?
I think we used to use them in the Air Cadets back in the '70s - They were quite the cutting edge thing back then!!
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:46 pm
by HangTen
I learned in one of these, way back in 1968 .....
Kirby Cadet Mk III
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:11 pm
by Bob
Very familiar, happy days.
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:20 pm
by mister munkey
Getting back on topic soon but in the meantime . . . .
We used to fly these out of Manston & go dive bombing Dover Castle & aerobatics over the English Chanell!!
Happy Days!
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:34 pm
by mikeonb4c
mister munkey wrote:Getting back on topic soon but in the meantime . . . .
We used to fly these out of Manston & go dive bombing Dover Castle & aerobatics over the English Chanell!!
Happy Days!
Happy Days all round. I think I must be Mister Munkey in a parallel universe as I first flew with the cadets in a Chippie back in c1966 from.......yes you've guessed........Manston. And yes, its a Sedburgh, the first glider I ever flew in, back in c1968, from Challock in Kent. I'd love to fly in a Cadet (hmmm is it dodgy saying that these days
).
Wish I was going to RIAT - must get out more
PS - I have a Laser 90 motor 4-stroke motor and the plan and all the bits for making a 1/4 scale Chippie, though I doubt I'll ever get a round tuit. DH are my favourite plane maker.
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:40 am
by HangTen
Ah ... the good old Chippie .... I too have fond memories of 'Air Experience' flights with the ATC (455 Sqn, Morecambe & Heysham) in them, back in the mid-60's, but mine were out of RAF Woodvale (near Southport) ..... aerobatics over Southport beach, those were the days
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:05 pm
by SimonV
Will be there but only on the Friday in the VIP area
and not taking the Bongo
Thinking of camping over next year though
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:18 pm
by HangTen
SimonV wrote:Will be there but only on the Friday in the VIP area
Have you got any complimentary entrance passes going spare, perchance?
Re: RIAT ~ Royal International Air Tattoo
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:13 pm
by SimonV
HangTen wrote:SimonV wrote:Will be there but only on the Friday in the VIP area
Have you got any complimentary entrance passes going spare, perchance?
Sadly - no...