Air Displays
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The popular annual air display at Church Fenton ended with the last display in July 1994. In this and galleries 2 - 13 are many photos of the display and its' participants.
The photos below are all from the SSAFA air display held at Church Fenton, 8th June 1980. © D & A Herbert
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A Hercules taxiing past the crowd line. |
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RN Hunter taking off. Number 1 hangar in the background |
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Another Hunter, taxiing past number 3 hangar. Jet Provost (probably T5A) stood on the line in the background |
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A Spitfire taxiing past number 2 hangar. In the markings of 19 Sqn, which was based at Church Fenton for part of the war. |
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A Jaguar taking off and climbing with number 1 hangar in the background. |
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A very unusual sight at Church Fenton. A British Airways Jumbo coming in to (almost!) land. The aircraft was an unplanned visitor that year, and never actually touched the runway. In the background is number 3 hangar, an RAF hospitality tent and the control tower. |
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The Lancaster of the BBMF taxiing down the main runway, past 1 hangar. |
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Nimrod XV250 passing the crowd during part of its' display routine. |
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The Nimrod coming in for another pass... |
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A lone Hawk from The Red Arrows does a low pass just over the runway. Hercules in the background. |
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Another Red Arrows hawk taxiing to the end of the runway. |
These pictures are all from Dave Butler, whose website "Rotate" is listed in the links page, or can be visited by clicking HERE. © Dave Butler
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A Nimrod taxiing near the control tower. A Harrier can be seen in the background. We think this pic was taken at the last ever air show, in 1994. |
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A picture taken from the cockpit of a P51-D Mustang, just as it was about to perform a flying display at the airshow. For more photos taken from inside the Mustang, see Dave's website, "Rotate". This pic is early 90s. |
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A "75" formation by Tucanos of 1FTS from RAF Linton-On-Ouse. It was taken at the last ever Church Fenton airshow in 1994. |
These photos © Ian Herbert.
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A real child's eye view of the airshow - a photo of two USAF A-10s taken by me age 5!! |
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A view that will be familiar to many Church Fenton residents! Who needs to pay to get in when you can just cycle right up to the threshold of runway 06/24?! Buccanneer taxiing in the background. 1992 Airshow |
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XH558 taxiing towards the crowd after landing. 1992 Airshow |
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XH558 blazes its' characteristically smoky trail into the perfect afternoon sky..... 1992 Airshow |
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The Red Arrows taxiing to the line after performing their routine. Sometime in the 70s (they were still using Folland Gnats). Sorry for the bad image quality. |
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A Tornado (I think of the TWCU) taxiing past the crowd line at the 1986 show. |
These 3 photos of aircraft performing at the SSAFA show are from Paul Nann's website - www.paulnann.com All © Paul Nann. E-mail him : info@paulnann.com
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Westland Scout AH.1, XW612 "Y", Army Air Corps |
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Westland Wessex HC.2, Royal Navy, unknown Squadron and serial... |
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BAe Sea Harrier FRS.1, ZD581/721, 899 Sqn. Royal Navy, 8 June 1986 |
