Paul J Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 An very nice sunny day. I was driving my dad and mum up to the midlands staying with friends for the weekend and happened across this show. Time precluded me /us to stop and watch the flying display but I did enjoy seeing the static park, The below are most of the better ones. The well known ZA947 Victor XL161 Canberra B.6 XH567 Sorry I missed the nose...!!!!! WH593 WJ637 Varsity WF379 XL446 Viscount XT575 Not so good this one but shows the other side. Hawk XX180 Hunter XE608/12 There was another there XG172. XN981 XV424 XX497:E 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viscount806x Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 14 hours ago, Paul J said: XX497:E Nice selection Paul. I particularly liked the Viscount, a type still very much current equipment with my airline company in 1979. Now, I was at this 1979 Abingdon display with my wife and daughter (age 4 3/4) and the above looks very much like her but of course might not be. But what a coincidence! Nige B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon382 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Great pictures. I worked at RAF Abingdon from 1990 until it's closure a couple of years later. I was lucky enough to work its last BoB day too. Saw it recently. Wished I hadn't as the tower, where I worked, was boarded up and derilect, not good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Coombs Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I was there! The clan and friends camped over the weekend a stroll away from RAF Abingdon, and we spent the Saturday at the show. I took loads of pictures with my new SLR. Breakfast on the Sunday morning was enlivened by an A-10A departing low overhead. Time to look at the photos again and scan the slides at long last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Those pictures take me right back Paul. I attended many shows at Abingdon as it wa the nearest base to my home in Oxford. Thanks for sharing. Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Nostalgic shots from what used to m my local airfield. Never missed a BoB event there from 1970 until closure. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Nice pictures and so many that I want to model, C47 ZA947, Viscount XT575, F4 XV424 and Varsity WF379 in those very schemes, thanks for posting from the good ole days of airshows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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