Abingdon 1988...

[dave]

hi,
My mate and i all sorted for the Abingdon show then on the news the night before it was off,but we still decided to go and hope for the best, so a round robin...



BIRMINGHAM 24/9/88



G-PATB MD83

G-BNKB R22

G-BNKO G159

D-AHSF HS748

G-BBDL AA5

G-BGMN HS748

EI-BJL C551

G-JFRS C550

G-BFAR C500

G-BADP B737

G-AXNB B737

G-BBCJ C150

G-BGKF 1-11

G-AZXD F172

G-BHTT C500

N8167B PA28



WELLSBOURNE MOUNTFORD



G-BNOA PA38

G-ASSB PA30

G-BNXX TB20

G-OSKY C172

G-BMOF U206

G-RECK PA28

G-BJCA PA28

G-BKCY PA38

G-RICH F152

G-BNEP PA34

G-BOMP PA28

G-AXWZ PA28

G-BBMZ DHC1

G-VULC VULCAN

G-BKUE TB9

G-BNIV C152

G-BOEB PA38

G-NITA PA28

N21439 PA44

N761AW C152

N761ML C152

G-BMTK C152

G-BFIN AA-5A

G-BHET TB10

G-BGJO B-8MR

G-AYNF PA28

G-AWSP DRUINE

G-BFOG C150

G-BAOZ C414

G-AVHH F172

G-BAIR S380

G-ARXT JODEL

G-BMVJ C172

G-ARMG DHC1

XK590 VAMPIRE



ENSTONE



G-BJSZ S76

G-MTYM PEGASUS

G-BGZL PIK-20E

G-BLHG H36 DIMONA

G-MTYE PEGASUS

G-ATCD HUSKY

G-NCFM

G-AXUK JODEL

G-MTYI PEGASUS

G-AZTD PA32

G-BWNT DHC1

G-BCBR W8 TAILWIND

G-ARYR PA28

G-BIXZ GROB G109

G-BKVA RAYLLE

G-BGZK AB47G



FAIRFORD



50032 KC10

00325 KC135

80083 KC135

38009 KC135

38000 KC135

00353 KC135

37978 KC135



UPPER HEYFORD



41674 C130



OXFORD



G-BOUR PA28

G-BOUP PA28

G-BODA PA28

G-BODB PA28

G-BOCM T67

G-BHBS PA28

G-BODD PA28

G-FLYV T67

G-BOIZ PA34

G-BODE PA28

G-BODF PA28

G-AZLN PA28

G-AXVB F172

G-BNCR PA28

G-EDRY T303

G-BBTW PA31

G-JEAN C500

G-BMFP PA28

G-OMAR PA34

G-ASJY GY-80

G-ATTY PA32

G-RING FR182

G-BOLT RC112

G-KNOW PA32

G-TISH PA31

G-BHGO PA32

G-BCBI C402

G-BFDK PA28

N252BU MOONEY



ABINGDON display canx. a/c crashed on runway.23/9/88.

This from over the hedge around the back...



157006 A6

155632 A6

163034 EA6

160147 S3

162689 F14

161134 F14

163099 F18

163124 F18

ZB615 JAGUAR

XW374 JP

WJ891 CANBERRA

XZ284 BUCCANEER

XS792 HS748

XX244 HAWK

XW366 JP

WJ678 CANBERRA

WH703 CANBERRA

XV262 NIMROD

ET-206 F16

8515M CANBERRA

XV432 F4



BRIZE NORTON



FA.74 F16

FA.93 F16

160144 S3A

XV744 HARRIER

XV748 HARRIER

MT-31 MAGISTER


well worth the decision to go...

stay safe., regards,
                                dave...

[davebasing]

I was at Abingdon for the arrivals the day before the 1988 show was due to have taken place. As I drove up, the US Navy S3 Viking was on approach so I stopped with a view to photographing it as it turned off at the end of the runway. However, it just kept coming and rolled off the end through a hedge and across a minor road. I got my photograph below but not quite as intended. That of course closed the airfield while it was recovered with virtually no damage. During the recovery Phantom XV428 appeared overhead from Coningsby in the 1988 blue display scheme. With the runway still closed it was forced to divert to Brize. Later in the day when the Viking had been cleared, XV428 returned overhead Abingdon to validate its show but during this it failed to pull out of a loop striking the ground and exploding alongside the runway sadly killing both crew. That of course caused the cancellation of the show as Dave mentioned.

88-cj by dave tompkins, on Flickr

[rh226]

Sadly, 1988 was also the year of the Ramstein Frecce Tricolori collision.