Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 The Breighton Radial Fly-In was my first camping trip of 2018. Unusually for a bank holiday, the forecast was for hot and dry, and I made the three hour trip down to Breighton on Saturday 5th, in shirt sleeves with the Jeep doors off. I set up camp near one of the old wartime technical site huts. There were a number of people already flying, enjoying the beautiful weather. As the evening drew on, and the sun went down, I took the opportunity to get some pictures of the Jeep around the airfield. On Sunday morning, I helped the guys get the collection aircraft out onto the flight line. Here's four of the Real Aero collection, two Bucker Jungmanns, a Bucker Jungmeister and the Ryan PT-22 Recruit that I flew two years ago. Most of the rest of the collection were lined up outside the hangars. A few aircraft were undergoing maintenance, such as the Broussard, Arrow Active 2 and Yak18a, and they were left inside. Once the aircraft were all on display, I brought my Jeep around to its usual spot by the tower. In addition to the aircraft, the Bristol Hercules and Rolls Royce Merlin aircraft engines were there and made a number of runs across the day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 I took around 800 photographs across the weekend, thinned down to around 600, and obviously can't show them all, so for a number of aircraft, I made some compilations to get more images into a single picture. To start with, I'll show some of the radial engined aircraft that are either based at Breighton or flew in for the day. Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz Ryan PT-22 Recruit Stearman PT-17 Kaydet Morane-Saulnier MS.317 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Comper Swift Bucker Jungmeister Yakovlev Yak-55 Fokker DR.I More soon...... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 There were many non-radial powered aircraft that were there too, and a large number of rare and unusual types that are Breighton based or came along for the day. RAF dH Chipmunk Miles Magister Royal Navy dH Chipmunk Scheibe Falke motor glider Tipsy Junior Chilton DW1a Dart kitten II Luton LA4A Minor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 There were some more modern aircraft, but even some of the more modern looking types are vintage designs, such as the Pitts Special aerobatic biplane which dates back to 1944. Hercules & Merlin Aero Engines Bucker Jungmann Taylorcraft Auster J/1N Aeronca 100 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Dh87b Hornet Moth Taylorcraft Auster Mk.V Miles Magister Bucker Jungmann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Lovely pictures of some beautiful aeroplanes. Two of my favourites, Hornet Moth and the little Aeronca. Looks like a great day out, I really must make the effort to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 It's a members only club due to insurance ( £30 non-flying member ), but they do a pro-rata membership for joining part way through the year. The big Summer Fly-In is their main event on July 21/22nd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 A lovely set of photos there - I think my favourite is the Fw 44. Thanks for sharing these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Some very nice pics. And... very pretty little aeroplanes.!! Love the rarities like the Piper Apache and Tipsy Nipper. All are very nice though. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Very nice. I’m sorry I missed it Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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