Biggin Hill Festival of Flight 2017

[lynothehammer]

Spent the Friday & Saturday at Biggin Hill for what was in my opinion the best airshow after RIAT this year.

The weather was a bit iffy on the Friday and obviously the sun played havoc with photos late afternoon but here's a selection from the 2 days...

A few from the Friday & Saturday:

EGKB - CASA C-295M - Czech Air Force - 0453 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Saab JAS-39C Gripen - Czech Air Force - 9240 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Shorts Tucano T1 - Royal Air Force - ZF378 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 - Royal AirFr by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Mil Mi-35 Hind - Czech Air Force - 3366 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Mil Mi-17 Hip - Czech Air Force - 978 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Westland Wessex HC2 - 9G-AEL by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon - Belgian Air Component - FA-134 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - Boeing Chinook HC4 - Royal Air Force - ZA670 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - The Red Arrows by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

EGKB - North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco - 99+18 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

Thanks for looking...



Steve

[jargon]

Excellent Photo's Steve thanks for posting.

Regards

John

[graham]

Cracking shots Steve, love the low shot of the Wessex, stunning.

[billsamuels]

Thanks for posting Steve.

I was sooooo tempted to go but one thing and another put paid to that thought!!!

Hopefully this will become an annual event. Some lovely examples showing up...

Cheers mate.

Bill

[cheshireexile]

On the "better late than never" principal I have finally gotten around to sorting and loading my photos from the Saturday at the Biggin Hill FoF17.

This year's event was a 2-day'er to celebrate 100 years of Biggin Hill. Sunday might have been a better to attend since there were a couple of display items that only appeared that day, including the Patrouille De France but I got my ticket before the final line-ups were announced. Overall it was probably a better show than the previous year with more overseas and military display items than 2016 notable the Czech helicopters and Grippen and the Belgian F-16. The Eurofighter was one of the items that didn't display on the Saturday but they operated out of Biggin for Eastbourne and Herne Bay displays that day. A solitary spitfire represented the BBMF due to most of the fleet being grounded at the time but the usual Heritage Hanger Spitfires and Hurricanes were on display.

Being able to get on the field provided the opportunity to access a few areas not normally available and see into a few hangers, especially on the south side. There were a reasonable selection of bizjets both on the Signature/Bombardier apron and also visible on the main terminal apron.

Below is my log for the day. If people are interested there is a comprehensive log for both days on Nigel Burch's Biggin Hill blog (Biggin Hill Airport Movements) compiled and collated from several members of the Biggin Hill Yahoo group.

I took lots of photo's of a day. There are a few after the log. Again, if people are interested there are a couple of albums on my flickr account with more. One album contains "Festival of Flight" items, the other has "Non FoF17 Items" like the bizjets and visitors that were present on the field during the day.

Reg'n	Aircraft Type	Operator	Needed	Notes
2-TRAV	Gulfstream G550	ExecuJet Europe AG	*
3366	Mil Mi-24 V	Czech Air Force	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
9240	SAAB Gripen JAS-39 C	Czech Air Force	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
9781	Mil Mi-171 Sh	Czech Air Force	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
9G-AEL	Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2	Wessex Aviation		FoF17 Static Participant
9H-BOM	Canadair Challenger 605	Orion (Malta) Ltd
9H-GVG	Bombardier Global 6000	Elitavia Malta	*
D-ASHY	Canadair Challenger 605	ProAir Aviation GmbH
D-EBPL	Cessna 182	Private	*
D-EEWX	Beech Bonanza F33A	Private	*
D-FLEX	SOCATA TBM C2	Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg	*
FA-124	General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon	Belgian Air Component	*	FoF17 Static Participant
FA-134	General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon	Belgian Air Component	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
F-HAHA	Cessna Citation Mustang	AstonJet	*
F-HINC	Learjet 75	AgroAir	*
G-AEDU	de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly DH.90A	GAEDU Ltd		FoF17 Static Participant
G-AHBL	de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth DH.87B	Shipping and Airlines Ltd		FoF17 Static Participant
G-AIDN	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire T.VIII	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-AVAV	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire T.IX	Warbird Experiences	*	Fuselage only in LH Heritage Hanger
G-AVSP	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 180 Cherokee C	Private	*
G-AXDI	Cessna 172	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-BDWJ	S.E.5A Scale Replica Scale Replica	Great War Combat Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-BEDF	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	B-17 Preservation Ltd		FoF17 Flying Participant
G-BMKC	Piper J-3 Cub C-90 Cub	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-BMMM	Cessna 152	Falcon Flying Services Ltd
G-BMSB	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire T.IX	Biggin Hill Heritage		FoF17 Flying Participant
G-BNPV	Bowers Fly Baby 1A/1B	Great War Combat Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-BNSU	Cessna 152	Falcon Flying Services Ltd
G-BRAK	Cessna 172	Falcon Flying Services Ltd
G-BRDG	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior II	Falcon Flying Services Ltd		FoF17 Static Participant
G-BRRA	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc	E Russell	*	Fuselage only in LH Heritage Hanger
G-BSPN	Piper PA-28R Arrow 201T Turbo Arrow III	Private
G-BSVM	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior II	Private
G-BTDV	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior II	Falcon Flying Services Ltd		FoF17 Static Participant
G-BTES	Cessna 150	Private
G-BUJO	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior II	Falcon Flying Services Ltd
G-BWNT	DHC-1 Chipmunk 22	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-BWRA	Sopwith Triplane Replica	Great War Combat Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-BYRC	Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2	Daniel Brem-Wilson
G-CBWD	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior III	Private
G-CCBN	S.E.5A Scale Replica Scale Replica	Great War Combat Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-CDXR	Fokker Dr I Replica	Great War Combat Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-CFHY	Fokker Dr I Replica	Great War Combat Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-CGZU	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX	Private	*
G-CHTK	Hawker Hurricane X	Eagle Squadron		FoF17 Flying Participant
G-CISV	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Vb (Trop)	Comanche Warbirds
G-CKAT	Cessna 152	Private	*	Still marked as F-GBFL
G-CKIO	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 151 Cherokee Warrior	Private	*
G-CMTO	Cessna Citation M2	Catreus
G-CTKL	North American T-6 IIB	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-EGSS	Hawker 125 800XP	Interflight (Air Charter) Ltd
G-ENNA	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 161 Warrior II	Falcon Flying Services Ltd		FoF17 Static Participant
G-EXEC	Piper PA-34 Seneca 200 Seneca	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-EXIL	Extra EA.300 S	Private	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-FBKB	Cessna Citation Mustang	Blink	*
G-FLYI	Piper PA-34 Seneca 200 Seneca	Falcon Flying Services Ltd		FoF17 Static Participant
G-FXKR	Beech 400 A	Flexjet Ltd	*
G-GLOB	Bombardier Global Express XRS	ExecuJet UK Ltd	*
G-GXLS	Cessna Citation Excel	London Executive Aviation
G-HARG	Embraer Legacy 500	Centreline Air Charter Ltd	*
G-IBSY	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Vc	Fairfax Spitfires		FoF17 Static Participant
G-IFTE	Hawker 125 700B	Interflight (Air Charter) Ltd
G-IIIP	Pitts S-1 S-1D	Trig Aerobatic Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-ITSU	Embraer Phenom 100	Sovereign Business Jets	*
G-JNMA	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire F.XVIe	Private	*	Fuselage only in LH Heritage Hanger
G-KALS	Bombardier Challenger 300	Sovereign Business Jets
G-LFBD	Cessna Citation CJ2	Centreline Air Charter Ltd	*
G-NPTV	Aerospatiale Twin Squirrel / Fennec AS.355 NP	Arena Aviation Ltd
G-OCBI	Hughes 269 C-1	Alpha Properties (London) Ltd	*
G-OMJA	Piper PA-28 Cherokee 181 Archer II	Private	*
G-ONAA	North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco	Private		FoF17 Flying Participant
G-PBIX	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire F.XVIe	Private		FoF17 Static Participant
G-PIII	Pitts S-1 S-1D	Trig Aerobatic Team	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
G-PMNF	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire HF.IX	Private		FoF17 Flying Participant
G-RAAA	Bombardier Global Express XRS	TAG Aviation (UK) Ltd
G-RICO	American Aviation AA-5	Private
G-SOVB	Learjet 45	Zenith Aviation Ltd
G-WMRN	SOCATA TBM	Ravenair Business Aviation Ltd
G-ZNTH	Learjet 75	Zenith Aviation Ltd
M-AERO	Dassault Falcon 2000LX S	Falcon Operation Ltd	*
M-DSML	Hawker 125 800B	St Francis Group (Aviation) Limited
M-ILLA	Beech 400	Sunshine Aviation Limited	*
MK356	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.Ixc	Royal Air Force (BBMF)	*	Heritage Hanger / Desert paint scheme
M-LEYS	Beech 90 C90GT	Heres Aviation Ltd
M-TELE	Gulfstream G400	Arena Aviation Ltd	*
M-YFLY	Pilatus PC-XII 47E	Fly High Limited	*
N114WG	Westland WG-30 100	Private
N120HH	Bell 407	Private
N123CA	Dornier Do 28 A-1	Private	*	FoF17 Static Participant
N159MN	Hawker 4000	Corporate	*
N171WM	Piper PA-23 Aztec 250C	Private
N181WW	Beagle B.206 Basset CC.1	Private
N202AA	Cessna 421	Private
N4446	Cessna Corvalis / Lancair / Columbia LC41-550FG	Private
N500RW	SOCATA TBM	B van Milders, Flying Group NV	*
N501HM	Gulfstream G500	Palm Hill Equipment LLC	*
N70PS	Bombardier Global Express	Worldwide Jet Charter	*
N7180V	Mooney M.20 Chaparral 201	Private
N719EL	Beech 400 XP	DFS Furniture Company	*
N74189	Boeing Stearman A75N1 PT-17 Kaydet	Breitling Wingwalkers		FoF17 Flying Participant
N888HE	Gulfstream G5	N888HE Inc Trustee
OE-LAR	Gulfstream G450	Luxaviation Germany	*
PH-SOE	Pilatus PC-XII 47E	H M van Soest	*
PS915	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX	Royal Air Force (BBMF)	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
SE-BOG	Boeing Stearman B75N1 N2S-3 Kaydet	Breitling Wingwalkers	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
SE-RMT	Bombardier Global 6000	SAAB Aircraft AB	*
TB885	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVI	Royal Air Force	*	Fuselage only in RH Heritage Hanger
VP-CLL	Embraer Legacy 650	Burgan Bank
XS674	Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2	Wessex Aviation
XV726	Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2	Royal Air Force
XX177	British Aerospace Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
XX204	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
XX232	British Aerospace Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)		FoF17 Flying Participant
XX242	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
XX278	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)		FoF17 Flying Participant
XX310	British Aerospace Hawk T.1W	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)		FoF17 Flying Participant
XX311	British Aerospace Hawk T.1	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)		FoF17 Flying Participant
XX319	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)		FoF17 Flying Participant
XX322	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)		FoF17 Flying Participant
XX323	British Aerospace Hawk T.1A	Royal Air Force (Red Arrows)	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
ZA670	Boeing-Vertol H-47 Chinook HC.4	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Flying Participant
ZF377	Short Tucano T.1	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Static Participant
ZF378	Short Tucano T.1	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Static Participant
ZJ260	Aerospatiale Squirrel / Fennec AS.350 HT.1	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Red Arrows Commentator Taxi
ZK036	British Aerospace Hawk T.2	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Static Participant
ZK352	Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Static Participant
ZK354	Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4	Royal Air Force	*	FoF17 Static Participant

3366, Mil Mi-24 V, Czech Air Force

DSC00320 by CheshireExile, on Flickr

FA-134, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Belgian Air Component

DSC00240 by CheshireExile, on Flickr

Great War Combat Team (Sopwith Triplane G-BWRA/N500 & Fokker Dr I G-CFHY/556/17)

DSC00411 by CheshireExile, on Flickr

N123CA, Dornier Do 28 A-1, Private

DSC00142 by CheshireExile, on Flickr

9240, SAAB Gripen JAS-39 C, Czech Air Force

DSC00378 by CheshireExile, on Flickr

G-BEDF/124485/DF-A ("Sally B"), Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, B-17 Preservation Ltd

DSC00296 by CheshireExile, on Flickr

... and of course the obligatory Red Arrows shot

DSC00327 by CheshireExile, on Flickr