A blast from the past

[chris willis]

Having a sort out and found this, about 1991 Pete Barnett, Chris Willis Jon Horne, John Greenfield Ted Gailbraith. Galaxy Mustangs at Wings & Wheels run by the Ghost Squadron.

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[John Greenfield]

Don't we all look young !!!! Not a gray hair in sight.

John

[stewart clifford]

Not only has Willis managed to learn how to get pictures onto this site but he's alo managed to learn how to change them into colour from black an white

[Dave Parry]

He is good isn’t he.

[chris willis]

Not only has Willis managed to learn how to get pictures onto this site but he's alo managed to learn how to change them into colour from black an white

Who rattled your cage Clifford.

go and finnish something

[Paul Savage 1568]

I found this old Cosford show clip on one of my old camcorder tapes so uploaded it to youtube. It's a very early clip circa 1996 I think
which makes the clip almost 16 years old.

See if there is anyone on the clip that you recognise and notice that it was actually roasting hot which is something we ain't seen at
Cosford in recent years. Looking at the clip you soon realise that we aren't really doing things that differently today than we did all those
many years ago.

Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0PkNjv6K0

There are no turbine jets at this show due to the fact that they were still very much in their infancy.

[stewart clifford]

Is that Jon Horne giving the Hornet pilot a cuddle after take off?

Theres some criminal short wearing going on too

[chris willis]

Todays find.
left to right
Dave Plumber, Chockey, Jon Horne, Pete Barnett, oo-arr, Perry Lambert, Roger Lapidge, John Lambert,
Chris Willis, Ted Gailbraith.

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Orsett Airshow 199?

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[maurice northcott]

Crikey Willis look at you hair

[stewart clifford]

Look all the original Warbird pilots, wow. When I was a nipper I used to go to the shows rushing to see you guys do your stuff, now when I go to the shows I have to make sure Jon has plenty of pressed shirts to dribble on, make sure Willy doesn't have too muck Speckled Hen shandys(or he makes a terrible mess) and listen to those old stories of "did I tell you about the time I flew accross the Channel". Great stuff, do you think any of those models are still around?

As for the date Willy you put a ? after the year 199, is this because your'e not sure if it was 199 AD or BC?

[Mike Booth]

You silly sod it was 1996. We did it two years running and Eddie Coventry or one of his pilots nearly stuffed the full size red and silver MK9 Spit nearly stalling off the top of a loop in the baking heat. He just pulled out before taking out the east car park. Fine Mk 5 Spit in the front there of course.

[Mike Booth]

Forgot to say, these were the days when Willis was an Eco warrior and lived in a some sort of love shack under a hill just outside the north M25. He had a strict code of recycling, so all the models were made from previous crashed salvaged wood.

[chris willis]

I don't know why I bother with you lot

[Mike Booth]

I don't know why I bother with you lot

Because you love us and we taught you everything you know about wings.

[Vince Raia]

I remember going to W/W around 1988 with my daughters mother, (who was pregnant at the time with my daughter) I remember some quite big models of the time flying, which I think were JG & The Ghost Squadron, they were even flying those early jet type models, (name eludes me!) and they used to do full size helicopter rides, my daughters mother wanted to go on one and I said no as she was pregnant with my daughter. I have a some photos I took at the time, I'll scan them and post them.

[stewart clifford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLZT0UOrq6M

Just found this on youtube, Who and where? There's no prizes for guessing who the commentator is.

[Gregg Veasey]

Looks like Sheppey and thats Les eagle walking back with bits!

[Dave Hayfield]

The vid was from the Sheerness Show which used to be the West Malling Show until developers decided to ruin a decent flying site by building houses on the airfield. I remember the Mossie crash very well, I think it was our colleagues from Holland or Belgium who were flying it and the Thamesmead Clown display amongst others. Isn't that Al Carter looking very young at 0.57 seconds?

[Gregg Veasey]

Here's another blast from the past. See who you can spot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0jDcf23zQ

Who's that kid flying in the pyros with the green shorts and the pony tail

[chris willis]

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Back in the day when it took 2 people to carry a Galaxy Mustang with its os 90, Ted Gailbraith and myself Brean beach late 80s