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08-29-2009, 11:40 PM
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| Festival Of Flight Yesterday I took the family up to Watts Bridge airfield for this years Festival of Flight. Its basically a vintage aircraft fly in where spectators are able to get up close and personal with some classic aircraft. There's no flying program, but the are aircraft are constantly on the go, making a very relaxed and enjoyable experiance. Anyway here are some pics, I'm not familiar with all the vintage stuff so feel free to educate me 
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08-29-2009, 11:45 PM
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08-29-2009, 11:53 PM
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| Probably my favourite aircraft of the day was this stunning De Havilland DH84 Dragon, simply beautiful
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08-30-2009, 12:22 AM
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| What a cool group of aircraft, I bet you guys had a ball out there today! I am amazed at the Dragon though...that has got to be pretty dang rare, and still flying! Great shots, thanks for posting them!
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08-30-2009, 01:13 AM
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 | Nice stuff, Wildcat!  I recognized most of them, although the Yellow 44 has me stumped. It's not familiar to me at all, although I am not completely up on all of the old Eastern Bloc pistons.
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08-30-2009, 01:39 AM
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08-30-2009, 01:59 AM
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| Thanks or the comments guys. Eric, the Russian bird is a Yak-18T Yakovlev Yak-18T - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As for the Dragon, it was a 1930's airliner, however the RAAF used just under 100 in WWII as transports, air ambulances and navigational trainers. Next up some Winjeels..
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08-30-2009, 02:34 AM
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08-30-2009, 05:51 AM
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| Great shots Andy thanks! Looked like a great day
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08-30-2009, 07:47 AM
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 | Good stuff Andy!
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08-30-2009, 08:11 AM
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| Man I love Airshows! I can't wait till next weekend when I am going to the big Old Timers fly in near Stuttgart. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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08-30-2009, 08:46 AM
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| Awesome shots mate!  Dragon's got a beaut scheme too 
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08-30-2009, 09:25 AM
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| Since we only have one Winjeel in the US, it's cool to see more than one at a show.
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08-31-2009, 08:52 AM
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| Thanks for the commoents guys! next up CAC Mustang
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