"The Cotswold Air Show 2011" was held at Kemble
on 18-19 June 2011 - attendees included -
.
on 18-19 June 2011 - attendees included -
.
The theme of the show was the Hawker Hunters 60th birthdaywith eight aircraft airborne and flying in formation!
.
Four of the Hunters flew a "missing man" formation in honourof Steve Mills, Kemble's Chief Fire Officer, who was killed in an
accident earlier in the year
.
Two Dutch aircraft attended - Hawker Hunter F6A N-294.....
.... and two seat Hawker Hunter T8C N-321.
The Vulcan team emphasized its effect on crowd attendancebut even its presence could not persuade large crowds out in
Saturday's cold, wet and windy weather
.
The big noise on Sunday was provided by two Tornado GR4's.
This year's display Tucano T1 ZF378 is in a special scheme.
Two others having been written off over recent years, Sea FuryVX281 is a new additional to the Royal Navy Historic Flight
.
Brendan O'Brien has fun landing his Cub G-BPCFon the fast moving runway
.
During the air show lunch break on Sunday Dakota N347DK(formerly G-AMSV of Air Atlantique and many other airlines)
arrived from Ireland. it is for overhaul before going to the
Indian Air Force Historic Flight
.
Lufthansa Resource Technical Training's (non flying) VFW 614D-ASDB which is used to train students made a rare appearance
outside of their hangar
.
Apart from the air show, Kemble is known for its storedand soon to be scrapped aircraft. Most recent arrivals are
six ex RAF Dominies....
.
.... also stored are three ex Farnair Hungary Fokker F27's- they seem unlikely to find new operators
.
Chevron deal with BAe 146's between leases at Kemble.These are not usually accessible but G-CFZM in Jagson
Airlines colours was visible at the end of their apron
.
Photos: David Depledge
