| It was a nice warm sunny afternoon the Friday of the event, and after a hour trip North through Newcastle, we were set up by late afternoon. It was soon after that I was offered a local flight in one of the Purple Aviation Eurostars, flown by Charlie. It was fairly calm and thermal activity was falling, so around 19:44hrs, we taxied out for runway 08. After take off, we headed past Acklington Prison and on to Amble. From there over Walkworth Castle and on to Alnwick Castle and the Gardens. We then turned South back towards Eshott, joining the circuit at around 1500 feet, and keeping a close eye on four paragliders circling the airfield. | |||
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| There were a good number of classic cars over the weekend but only a handful of military vehicles, though they were quite interesting. A couple of gliders dropped in for the weekend, and one of the tug planes, a Piper Super Cub, was one that I had worked on 25 years previously. | |||
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