Cosford Airshow

Yesterday, a cold and wet Sunday, a group of us visited RAF Cosford for the air show.  We very much enjoyed looking at all of the exhibits in the hangers including planes, missiles, helicopters and engines but the display we were most looking forward to was that of the students and teachers from Ercall Wood, a school who are ahead of us in the Build a Plane project.  They gave us some very useful advise!  They shared information about their experiences and triumphs as well as aspects of the build that did not go to plan.  Their help is greatly valued and we hope to visit them soon.  Unfortunately they could not bring any parts of their plane to Cosford due to transport impcations but we are very excited to see how they are getting on! 

The Air Show was brilliant and despite the weather the displays were increadible.  Our thanks and congratulations to the pilots, some of whom flew in open cockpit planes, most notably the turbulents display team flying D31 Turbulents.    

The Red Arrows performed in spectacular unison, and we were amazed by the unexpected agility of two 'dancing' Lynx helicopters.

Overall it was a great day even though it took Mr Wigley nearly 45 minutes in the traffic to drive three soggy students and a dripping wet Miss Krzyszowski from the airfield in his newly valeted car!  As we were waiting in the car two Tornado GR4 fighter jets soared through the sky above the car dropping bombs onto a cleared area of the airfield, startling us all with the loud noise.  So the day really did end with a bang!

*Pictures taken from RAF Cosford Airshow 2011 Website.