discussion Flixton Aircraft Museum ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS’Open Day

[Vaughan]

Hi All

I visited The Flixton aircraft museum over the W/E as they had an open day. I took a few photos of the classic cars, bikes and static planes. They also had 'The Super Swing Band' playing all the glenn Miller classic tunes in the main hanger. There was a fly past of the B.B.M.F Dekota and as luck would have it two of the Hardwick WarBirds (Mustang and Stearman) flew over too. It was a great day with perfect weather. The photos are not in the order that I would have liked to have posted them as I'm still trying to work that one out.

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[Ian M]

Looks like it was a good day out.

Ian M

Yep I moved it here. sorry!

 

[eddiesolo]

Wonderful piccies Vaughan, looks like you had a super day and some fine exhibits.

Si

 

[Guest]

Them things with wings are OK but the four and two wheeled stuff is rather stunning mate.

Any more piccies of the cars and bikes?

 

[Guest]

Great pics Vaughan thanks for taking the time to post them up for us! Drooling over that BSA!

 

[Guest]

Drooling over that BSA!

Hands of trey, I saw it first

 

[Guest]

Great shots Vaughan. Love the cars but the Beeza does it for me. I had a few when I couldn't afford anything else but nowadays stick with my Trumpet.

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[Vaughan]

That's one nice Triumph Richard, I owned two BSA C15s' and a 1956 Norton19s back in my biking days but alas no digital photos as this was in the 80s I will see if I can find some of those paper things called photographs!. I did go to my wedding in Top Hat and Tails on a custom BSA A10 with a coffin fuel tank, hard tail, swept exhaust and high rise handle bars. I found these scanned photos I'm the one with the long beard if you didn't recognise me. I will see what other photos I've got from the Flixton day.

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[Guest]

What a pair of brilliant pictures! I actually bought myself a film scanner a few years ago and finally got around to starting to scan my old negatives last time I was at home. It is a bit time consuming, something I don't have a great deal of at the moment, but very interesting to see all the old pictures again. I hope to get them all done eventually.

My Triumph I confess was purchased in a restored condition however, as you do with these things, I am constantly tinkering and makling it better all the time. One reason for buying it restored was that I want to ride it and I do whenever possible. The noise it makes thrashing it around country roads more than makes up for the bad brakes, poor handling and weak performance and still puts a grin on my face.

 

[Vaughan]

Richard I remember those days with fond memories. Both Gill and I road British bikes prior to having children, in fact Gill was still riding pillion on my 19s when she was heavily pregnant, which when you look back was a bit of a mad thing to do. The thing was we couldn't afford a car but once our eldest was born we managed to buy a beat up VW beetle which was maybe no safer than the bike. I did toy with the idea of buying a sidecar but it didn't come to anything. Here's a few more photos from flixton. I will try and find some photos of the Norton and BSA. I still have the original fuel cap from the Norton.

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