| "We'll
Meet Again", Yorkshire Air Museum - May 9~11th Former RAF Elvington I didn't think I was going to get to the Elvington show. A big airline over-sold seats on one of the few flights off Jersey, where my wife and I were having a holiday, resulting in us missing our flight and our connecting flight. As a result, instead of getting home on Thursday evening, we got home at 10am on Friday, having had little sleep. I immediately had to start packing the car and loading the Jeep on the trailer and eventually got to the show during late afternoon, very tired. After getting my camp set up, I had
a wander around the museum's external exhibits. I didn't take as many
pictures as normal, as I was shooting video to put together a report of
the event for Youtube. The H.P. Victor was covered in scaffolding, as it
is in the early stages of being repainted in 1970s camouflage. |
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I wandered around as the Moon rose and the Sun was setting. I was so exhausted from the holiday and trip home, I was in bed by 9:20pm. |
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With having my own display to watch over and being there on my own, I didn't get much chance to have a good look around on Saturday, but did manage a few photos. Outside the NAAFI, there was a street party set up, with a big row of tables and chairs, with lots of bunting over-head. |
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There were several groups of re-enactors and a number of military vehicles, classic cars and a couple of vintage caravans. |
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Amongst the displays was "B Company, 2nd East Yorks", the "Royal Navy Bomb Disposal" display, "Filthy 13" a display about one particular 101st AB soldier and my aerial reconnaissance and target analysis collection. |
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On Saturday evening, there was an organised photoshoot of the Halifax, Dakota and Fairhild Argus. I believe this was a ticketed photoshoot, so I didn't take part, other than a couple of phone pictures as they started packing up. |
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I had a better look around the displays, first thing on Sunday morning, before returning to set up my own pictures and artifacts. On both days, there were a steady stream of people passed the displays, with around 2,000 people visiting the museum across the weekend. |
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Since my Jeep was fenced in my display during the weekend, I didn't get a chance for any pictures with the Halifax until I was packed up at the end of Sunday. By this time, the Sun was in a bad position for pictures, but I grabbed a few from different angles, moving the Jeep a couple of times, before loading it on the trailer and heading home. The last picture of me was taken by "Wartog", a photographer who visits many re-enacting events to take pictures. I met him for the first time at this show. His Facebook page is linked here - WARTOG. |
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