This weekends Flying Heritage Collection Famous Fighters Flying Day held much promise. As part of US Fathers Day weekend celebrations it featured father and son teams Steve and Steven Hinton, along with Bud and Ross Granley, who were to fly some incredible and original World War Two Allied and Axis aircraft: A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (USAAF), Focke-Wulf FW-190A-5 (Luftwaffe with Eastern Front markings), Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (RAF – Czech No. 312 Squadron markings) and a Mitsubishi A6M3-22 Reisen / Zero (Imperial Japanese Navy).
Alas inclement weather and a low cloud ceiling saw the take-off time delayed, then they taxied out to the end of the runway but had to head back in with no flying for the day (frustratingly it was sunny every day leading up to the flying day!). Sad but until next time (it was still fun to see all these aircraft though)…
