Looking Back On 2011.

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Postby Gavin Conroy » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:35 pm

Here are a few photos taken during 2011, has been another good year with a lot of highlights.
Among these would be flights with 15 WW1 and 7 WW2 fighters as well as a couple of flights with the Red Checkers, Seasprite, etc.
FW190, P-40C Tomahawk, and the three Warbird jets were a lot of fun to fly with and the formation aeros alongside the Model 12 Pitts were a lot of fun as was the couple of flights alongside one of my Hero's Kermit Weeks flying the Albatros.

Have some photos of a couple of other WW1 fighters that need to be kept close at the moment and will post some of those next year. Flying has not quite finished for the year but very little to do now.

Would just like to thank all of the pilots and owners who have made the flights possible, has been a lot of fun.
Not sure what 2012 will bring but will fly with fewer aircraft next year. We are still trying to get a few flights completed that have been on the cards for a while now.































































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Postby ZK-MAT » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:45 pm

A spectacular set of pictures to summarise the year Gavin. Thank you for sharing so much of your talent on this forum!
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Postby Ian Warren » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:07 pm

Simply superb ... you missed the cover off your book tho ... with the heading and author biggrin.gif
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:38 am

Stunning photos Gavin, can't wait to see what 2012 brings. smile.gif
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Postby deaneb » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:20 pm

Well theres some shots for the next couple of years worth of calendars. Stunning all of them !!
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Postby Splitpin » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:40 pm

notworthy.gif Just awesome Gavin.....thanks for a great year.
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Postby Naki » Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:33 pm

Wow great stuff...some of my favourite aircraft there (Spitfire, P-40, SE-5a, L-39, Brisfit, Fokker DVII etc etc)..wonder what is in store for 2012 year ..Mosquito maybe? Another Yak-3 - most probably?
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Postby lowglow » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:24 pm

Not a bad year then aye Gavin I think the first one is my fav biggrin.gif

I spyed a certain N11 way up in the clouds the other night trying out some stall turns, wingovers etc I guess we will see some shots of this coming up in the future
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