Newark Cockpit Fest 13/6/09

Location : South Yorkshire Spotter Watch Member : No

Hi everyone

I spent a very enjoyable day here today, i stood the aeroboot with my stall untill 3pm and then went and had a good look around the cockpits.

The Dakota did 3 very nice low fly bys and other aircraft were also seen low over Newark aswell which included the Reds, Sentinal, Tutor, and in the distance a Fokker Tri Plane seen heading south.

Anyway on with the log,

CANBERRA
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WH863

XH177

WJ975

XH584

XH175

WH887

LIGHTNING
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XR757

(XS922) needs confirming

XS932

HUNTER
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XE584

WT684

WT741 ( 791 )

METEOR
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WK914

SEA VIXEN
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XN651

SCIMITAR
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XD235

VENOM
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J-1649

BUCCANEER
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XZ431

CHIPMONK
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WK638

WP927

WZ869

JET PROVOST
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XP558

XW302

JAGUAR
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XX761

XW560

SPITFIRE
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HARVARD
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KF532

????? this is a rebuild project with 75% of the cockpit being genuine Spitfire, but as no serial

SCOUT
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????? i think this was a Scout, no serial available, it was on a trailer near the museums Lightning, a boom was also noted some way from the cockpit the serial on the boom was XV1_7 the middle digit was either a 2 or 3.

can any one confirm the Scouts serial and does the boom belong to the cockpit.

many thanks hope the log helps.

PS I would just like to say a very large well done to Newark Air Museum and the organisers for a great cockpit fest. one of the best so far i would say.

best rgds

Tiger 1