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In Reach of The Skies: Aviation related stories from a life long enthusiast

Tuesday 21 February 2023

Flying Legends returns

An announcement today confirms that the Flying Legends air show will be returning this year over the weekend of 15/16 July. Good that they have found a venue after a short hiatus but as the venue is Church Fenton, better known as Leeds East airport, it will need something really special on offer before I even look in to any options for trekking that far north. 

Tuesday 7 February 2023

One for us?

A few years ago I went to Virginia Beach especially to see this airworthy Mosquito. Others now also fly but they are all overseas. However the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar today announced an agreement for a Mosquito to be built by Avspecs in New Zealand that will join their collection and should be flying in the UK by 2026. Fingers crossed! 


Monday 6 February 2023

Saab Viggen

An old Airfix kit of the Swedish jet fighter acquired cheap as it had no instructions. Not too demanding to build although quality was of the era it was produced! Also had some areas of paint reaction which was annoying.