Saturday 13th September 2008

Just how cute are Ellie's Night Thief pyjamas?!

13th September 2008

Saturday 30th August 2008

Summer arrived on Saturday 30th August, the third day of the Bournemouth Air Festival and we were lucky enough to have chosen that day to go! It was glorious, there was a lovely holiday atmosphere and the planes were brilliant - from the Typhoon Eurofighter to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. There are about 40 videos of the festival on http://uk.youtube.com - I didn't quite catch the Typhoon on camera!!

The Vulcan didn't make it after all but it's something to look forward to next August!

There were hundreds of boats as well, moored across the bay to watch the show.

A very cheerful Gazelle helicopter display pilot - Major Iain Johnston of the Blue Eagles display team based at Middle Wallop.

The Red Arrows opened Saturday's show and were able to do their full display. And yes, we clapped!!

These are The Blades - all ex Red Arrow pilots flying Extra 300s. They say they are "the world’s only globally accredited aerobatic airline" (http://www.2excelaviation.com/). What a good idea for a firm's outing - that is if you haven't seen their aerobatics - seriously scary!! Now sponsored by Barclays so are now blue - careful, that's my money up there!! Watch them on http://uk.youtube.com.

De Havilland Sea Vixen: she used to be red as she was sponsored by Red Bull but has now gone back to her naval grey. Lives at Bournemouth Airport and is quite noisy.

If anyone can explain what is happening here we'd really like to know! Whilst everyone else was looking skywards the large group suddenly appeared on the foreshore: they each had a typed sheet of paper and we think one of them was sitting on the sand in the middle of the circle. All smartly dressed and totally uninterested in what was going on around and above them! Yet again they disappeared whilst we were looking upwards again.

This final one is a Douglas DC6 which I have to include because it flew over our garden both coming in on the Friday and going home on the Sunday of the airshow.