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Ian Turney-White gets ready to fly his Bristol Bulldog |
Powered by a 425cc JPX French microlight engine |
This 47.5% beauty weighs 170 lbs |
The 16ft wingspan Bulldog pulls a tight turn | Lined-up for landing after another superb flight |
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George Shone's North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco |
The Bronco has a wingspan of 12ft |
Weighing 27kg, powered by two Zenoah 62s |
The Bronco soars overhead |
Safe return for this light attack and observation aircraft |
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Phil Vandries knife-edges his Ultimate |
Powered by a DA150 engine | Mike
Altham's Yak 54 prop-hangs for the crowd |
Powered by a DA 100 engine |
Paul
Carr's DA100 powered Extra 260 |
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Doug Rigby's de Havilland Gypsy Moth |
One-wheel touch-and-go from the Moth |
The folding wings span 11ft 6in when extended | Built from a scaled-up Dr Mike Sun plan |
This 35 lb model is powered by a Zenoah 62 |
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Dave Johnson's Waco Hadrian Glider derivative |
1/3rd scale model,
powered by two Zenoah 38s |
Waco being chased down by the Bronco |
Originally designed by the Weaver Aircraft Co. | Ready for a nice smooth landing |
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Ian Turney-White gets ready to fly his 50% 1913 Ponnier |
A King 200cc twin engine easily powers this 65lb model | This 11ft 9in wingspan wing-warper is under perfect control | The Ponnier Racer was designed by Albert Pagny | The Ponnier poses for the crowd |
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Douglas A4 Skyraider powers away |
26 year-old model built by Alex Griffith |
Powered by a 5-cylinder 156cc home-built radial engine | This 10ft wingspan model weighs 47lb | Air leak on the retracts but no serious damage done |
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George Shone's Messerschmitt Bf-108B Taifun |
Clean fly-by from this neat aircraft |
The model is powered by an OS 91 four-stroke engine |
Built from a Graupner kit, with a 64" wingspan | Easy does it! |
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Malcolm Harding's 12-year-old Tiger Moth |
Powered by a Zenoah 38 | Built
from a modified Mike Smart plan |
The
prototype is owned by a New Zealand farmer |
The
De Havilland 82A Tiger Moth on finals |
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Phil Robertshaw's Heinkel He 111 |
This 1/6th model is powered by two Zenoah 38s |
Derived from the earlier single-engined He70 Blitz |
Primary Luftwaffe medium bomber early in WWII | Finished in Mediterranean/ North African camouflage |
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Dave Johnson's Boeing B-17 pulls steeply away |
This 1/7th scale model is powered by four Zenoah 38s |
The heavy bomber soars overhead |
This model has a wingspan of over 176" | Quick departure from the airstrip |
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LDMAS Avro Lancaster 'Dambuster' AJJ |
AJJ Piloted by Andy Johnson, bouncing bomb at the ready | 'Dambuster' AJP piloted by Phil Robertshaw |
These 17' wingspan, 1/6th scale planes weigh 95lb each | Powered by four Zenoah 38s, both took 18 months to build |
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Mike Eccles' Junkers Ju52 |
The
Junkers rolls off for another flight |
Powered by three Zenoah 62s |
This
model has an 18' wingspan |
And down again |
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B17 and Lancasters turn away |
Heavy bomber fly-by | Soggy beach on Saturday | Mr Plod, flown by Dave Johnson | 6 year-old plane, powered by a Zenoah 38 |
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Doug Rigby's Bede Aviation BD-5 |
Fast fly-by from the Bede | A BD-5J featured in the James Bond movie 'Octopussy' | Almost there | Safely down |
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| Kevin
Watson's Kangaroo 2 on its take-off run |
Powered by a Wren MW54 Mk3 gas turbine |
Simon Parker at the controls of the Cap 232 EX |
IAD Designs Cap 232 EX | Powered by a Desert Aircraft DA150 engine |
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Dave Johnson's Vickers Bleriot pulls away |
Originally built by Roy Salter | Built to 60 % scale | Powered by a 3W 140 twin engine |
Also known as the Vickers Type 22 Monoplane |
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Doug Rigby's Rearwin Speedster |
The
Speedster takes to the air at Southport once again |
Powered by a modified 125cc go-cart engine |
This
52 % scale model has a wingspan of 16'6" |
Looking good with Southport Pier in the background |
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Mudry Cap-232 |
Inverted again! | Reach for the sky | Slow pass | Soggy underfoot |
