29th April 2012 AIRBASE Wings and Wheels

[woody68]

I'm off to a car show at Coventry Airbase on the 29th April

http://www.airbasecoventry.com/joinin.html

If any of you fancy popping along say hi if you see me ...I will be the only Silver XJR Jaguar in the middle of a load of my friends Vauxhall's

Should be a great day out if the weather holds

[richw82]

The more the merrier! This is the second time we've had a car show and we're hoping the weather sees plenty of people turn out.

I'm down there most weekends working on this:



Its a 1954 Avro Shackleton, currently the only one running anywhere in the world. It and a few other aircraft will be open for inspection. In most areas there are no barriers around the aircraft (as you find with a lot of other museums) so you can walk right up and around them.

There's a possibility of pleasure flights, but dependant on weather and serviceabilty.

Rich

[woody68]

Well it was a great day out all be it a little wet I shall definitely be coming again (when the weather is a little bit better)to have a proper look around the outside aircraft ..a very friendly/welcoming group of people there ..

I don't know if it was you I was chatting to Rich about Jags ..?? if it was it was nice to meet you

[richw82]

Wet hardly seems a strong enough word... we debated at one point whether to stop wading and get the liferaft out the Shackleton!

Thanks for turning out, there were a couple of heroes despite the awful conditions. It wasn't me you got talking to - I think it may have been my father - he had the blue X300 3.2.

We have another event planned later in the year, and also the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club are coming over in Setember.