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Blogs about: Hullavington

Two classics - a Pietenpol Air Camper and Arthur Ord-Hume!

shortfinals wrote 9 months ago: Pietenpol Air Camper Sometimes the fates allow a most appropriate meeting. In this photograph (taken … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, aircraft, GVFWE, Wiltshire, Popular Flying Association, sitka spruce, Berkshire, Bernard Pietenpol

The Shield Xyla - showing that every Ground Power Unit has its day!

shortfinals wrote 10 months ago: Shield Xyla Welcome to the Shield Xyla! The vision of one Yorkshireman, George Shield, was translate … more →

Tags: aircraft, Aviation, England, Continental Motors Corporation, Continental PC60 engine, cowlings, Don Cashmore, Druine, George Shield

G-AMMS, not an Alpha, but alphabet soup again!2 comments

shortfinals wrote 10 months ago: G-AMMS Sorry about the terrible Auster pun at the start of the post, but I could not resist this opp … more →

Tags: aircraft, Aviation, England, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, aerobatic, auster, Auster Aiglet Trainer, Auster Aircraft Ltd, Auster J-1N Alpha

The Taylor JT-1 Monoplane..and 1,000 tags!

shortfinals wrote 10 months ago: THE Taylor Monoplane Very occasionally, someone does something quite startling. In this case it was … more →

Tags: aircraft, Aviation, England, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, 4th of July, ARDEM 4CO2 engine, Bay Window, Berkshire, blown canopy

Silver bullet!

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: Pilatus P2 The Second World War in Europe was winding rapidly down, when the Swiss aviation concern, … more →

Tags: aircraft, Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, Second World War, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Warbird, Ar96, Argus AS 410-A2 engine, Fw189

Airshow vs Rain...and the winner is.....

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: 'Oh! The humanity........' This is every airshow organizer’s worst nightmare. The ambu … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, England, aircraft, Second World War, Air Show, Wiltshire, WW2, rain

A Second World War classic

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: Percival Proctor IV Behind the great bomber fleets and fighter wings of World War Two, there were si … more →

Tags: aircraft, Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, raf, royal air force, Second World War, Biggin Hill International, communications aircraft, dark earth/dark green

Invasion stripes!

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: Invasion stripes, P-51D D-Day, 6th June 1944. Europe woke to a new reality; the Allies had launched … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, royal air force, raf, aircraft, Second World War, Mustang, invasion stripes, D-day

Lining up for departure

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: An-2, Twin Pioneer, Leopard Moth Sometimes the line-up for departure at the end of each day of a Gre … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, aircraft, GVFWE, raf, de havilland, Scottish Aviation, Wiltshire, Twin Pioneer

Rain and airshows; they really don't mix!1 comment

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: 'Heavy' piston-engined aircraft park, GVFWE This was the scene at GVFWE Hullavington, shortl … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, royal air force, raf, Air Show, Scottish Aviation, Twin Pioneer, antonov, AN-2

Mooney M-20K (Mooney 231)

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: Mooney M-20K, G-GCKI Mooney aircraft have a reputation for speed and range that is well deserved. Th … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, England, aircraft, GVFWE, Wiltshire, Second World War, Mooney, Mooney M-20K

This Kitten is really pretty....

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: Dart Kitten II Many people seem to think that the light aircraft is a relatively modern phenomenon, … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, England, aircraft, Wiltshire, Dart Aircraft, Dart Kitten II, J.A.P. engine, Dunstable

Fokker S-11 Instructor

shortfinals wrote 11 months ago: Fokker S-11 Instructor This trainer is full of character; the first post-WW2 Fokker design, it was o … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, England, GVFWE, fokker, Wiltshire, S-11 Instructor, Brazil, Royal Dutch Navy

Video clip - including in-flight sequences - from GVFWE 2007

shortfinals wrote 1 year ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99LRm5m70ng This link is a to a very fine compilation video on YouTub … more →

Tags: Aviation, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, Air Show, Wiltshire, aircraft, Commentary, in-flight video, David Lee, ross sharp


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