There`s nothing quite like a good airshow. Out in the fresh air, the level of anticipation of what`s to come, and then of course the noise of a Typhoon roaring in at some stage.
This year I could only get to the second day in Swansea, which started off with the Red Arrows at precisely 12 noon (not 11.59 or12.01!). Coming in over Swansea from behind the crowd line, they put on the usual display of excellence although they were unable to perform their full display, including high loops, due to low cloud-base at the time.
A great show followed, with the Strikemaster pair, Team Raven, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Wing walkers, Yak, Thunderbolt and many more, but of course not forgetting the Eurofighter Typhoon.
The Typhoon`s individual display followed a dual flypast with the Lancaster from BBMF, which i`ve never seen before.
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No helicopters this year unfortunately, which was a shame as I was looking forward to seeing (for the first time for many years) the Westland Wasp, which was on the original schedule. However, there was one aircraft that i`d never seen before, even though I had it in Airfix when I was young! - the Swordfish.
If ever there was a complete opposite to the very fast and very loud Typhoon, this was it. A wonderfully-lumbering biplane from early WWII.
Other airshows are unfortunately out of the question for me this year, but i`m already looking forward to what might be on `the menu` for the Wales National Airshow next year.
As Red 1 would say, "Smoke on ...."
