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Real Aeroplane Company Radial Engine Fly-In - May 6th


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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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

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Ryan PT-22 Recruit

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Stearman PT-17 Kaydet

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Morane-Saulnier MS.317

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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

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Miles Magister

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Royal Navy dH Chipmunk

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Scheibe Falke motor glider

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Tipsy Junior

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Chilton DW1a

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Dart kitten II

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Luton LA4A Minor

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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.

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Hercules & Merlin Aero Engines    

 

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Bucker Jungmann    

 

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Taylorcraft Auster J/1N    

 

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Aeronca 100

 

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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.

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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.

 

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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!

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