We decided to get an earlier start on Sunday so we left Bibury at about quarter to eight, and we were rewarded by a much shorter queue from the car park through security. The weather was the best yet and we had coffee in the FRIAT enclosure before taking our places in the stand to watch the Saudis Arabian display, which was very good with green and white smoke trails and a touch of red. I spent a pleasant morning of reading and occasiinal plane watching which James took literally hundreds of photos. The only problem was that James wasn’t feeling too great. He had a headache all day and a sore stomach too. We left the airshow early at about half past three, and were soon back at the cottage in Bibury where James had a restorative sleep.
James felt much better this morning I’m glad to say, and we had breakfast at the cottage before leading back to RIAT for our final day. This was a day for the real hard-core aircraft enthusiasts; departures day. There is no air display, just a series of aeroplanes flying away from the airfield to their home airfields. As a result of this, and because it’s a Monday, there is a much much smaller crowd and we got parked right beside security. Apparently the FRIAT area is open but we couldn’t get there because we were in a fenced off area at the west end of the runway. We could have gone searching for a car park with access to FRIAT but James was actually very happy with where we were, and there was even a wee coffee van as well as some portaloos. So we spent a happy five hours watching the aircraft depart, and James took many more photographs. The weather was warm, sunny and breezy and there was a peaceful atmosphere, calmer than the huge crowds over the weekend. As the aircraft taxied past us many of the pilots waved at us, and as they took off quite a few wiggled their wings in farewell. James even saw one with a hand drawn sign in the window which said “I love RIAT!” Later we had coffee and cake in Cirencester and dinner back at our tiny cottage in Bibury.
James felt much better this morning I’m glad to say, and we had breakfast at the cottage before leading back to RIAT for our final day. This was a day for the real hard-core aircraft enthusiasts; departures day. There is no air display, just a series of aeroplanes flying away from the airfield to their home airfields. As a result of this, and because it’s a Monday, there is a much much smaller crowd and we got parked right beside security. Apparently the FRIAT area is open but we couldn’t get there because we were in a fenced off area at the west end of the runway. We could have gone searching for a car park with access to FRIAT but James was actually very happy with where we were, and there was even a wee coffee van as well as some portaloos. So we spent a happy five hours watching the aircraft depart, and James took many more photographs. The weather was warm, sunny and breezy and there was a peaceful atmosphere, calmer than the huge crowds over the weekend. As the aircraft taxied past us many of the pilots waved at us, and as they took off quite a few wiggled their wings in farewell. James even saw one with a hand drawn sign in the window which said “I love RIAT!” Later we had coffee and cake in Cirencester and dinner back at our tiny cottage in Bibury.
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