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Croft - After the massive thunder storm last year, the forecast wasn't looking too good for 2012 either. As it turned out, Croft was an island bathed in the Sun, while thunder storms raged all around. This resulted in a good turnout of entries and public. The first eight pictures show USAAF & RAF vehicles, including a nice, recently restored bomb tractor. The new paperwork was up on the clip boards in the Dodge, but the amplifier blew up first thing on Saturday morning, so I couldn't set up the air traffic radio. |
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| The good weather allowed all three flying displays to take part, and we were delighted to see the BBMF MkIIa Spitfire after last years cancellation due to bad weather. Neil and Simon also put on great displays with the Provost and Fury. | |||
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| There were around 300 classic cars, buses, bikes and tractors booked in, in addition to the racing cars. In the military camp, we had both a tank and tank destroyer in the Chaffee and Hellcat. The Chaffee did several firing displays across the show. Other tracked vehicles included both a German and US halftrack, and a Universal Carrier, more commonly known as a Bren Gun Carrier. The Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was joined this year by an Alvis radial aircraft engine, both of which ran a number of times during the weekend. | |||
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| It was a great weekend, but very tiring due to the heat and large distances walked to see all the various displays around the site. | |||
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