Rand Airport Air Show

[Nick S]

Hi Guys and ladies
Are any members going to the air show at Rand Airport on Sunday 29 Sept?

[ForYota]

is it not in Gauteng?

[Nick S]

is it not in Gauteng?

Im a cabbage . Sorry about that. I will re post this evening

[Sebata]

im 5 min away, i should make a turn there

[Mud Dog]

Moved!

[Nick S]

Thanks a mil.

Should be good fun

[GI Jane]

I was there a year or two back and got some great photo's..... Never seen so many top of the range camera's and lenses altogether in one place as at that show....

[GI Jane]

How was the air show??????

My photo's a few years back went something like this....

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Which drew some attention because the guys loved the planes......

[Nick S]

There were planes there??

Ill post some pics too

[Thunder02]

GI Jane,never knew you were a model

[pietpetoors]

Val, I bet you the planes still look the same after a few year but not the models

[GI Jane]

Val, I bet you the planes still look the same after a few year but not the models

[Mud Dog]

Agree Pieter. And for the record, I'd choose that old Mustang over a dozen of those models ...... the plane will still give you some maintenance headaches but nowhere near as much as just one of those gals.

[Thunder02]

Agree Pieter. And for the record, I'd choose that old Mustang over a dozen of those models ...... the plane will still give you some maintenance headaches but nowhere near as much as just one of those gals.

2nd that......

[Oupa Stig]

Neil, Oom Andy, you okes are showing your age....




(with age comes wisdom)


Personally.... Nice Mustang, but - OH BOY! :)

[Mud Dog]

Eish Mickey! For me there's no contest .... the P-51 Mustang which dates from WW2, is still today one of the nicest looking small planes IMO ... and the sound of that V12 Rolls Merlin engine ... aah shite!, ... the mere thought gives me goosebumps!

[Oupa Stig]

Ha ha ha! I do agree, but I must say, having grown up with the drone of Harvards, I'll always be fond of them too.

[mcw]

did my apprenticeship on Harvard engines gotta love them

[Josh Edwards]

@Mud Dog: That Rolls Royce Merlin must be the most beautifull music man has ever made! Maybe someone should think of starting a Merlin conversion into a Lux You may need to start by moving the cab where the load bin used to be to make room though with a fuel tank in tow!

[Mud Dog]

Hehe .... will never fit in a Lux .... way too long. It's an airplane motor, long and sleek in design and IIRC it has a massive displacement of something like 27 litres! It's a big boy!

[ROBERT]

There was a group of cowboys (Bell aurens) that put one of those gorgeous engine into a series landrover and made a longnose.

[Mud Dog]

Just did a quick image search ..... looks like there were some differing sumps ... could be that the bigger sump was for non-aero use, since I see that the RR Phantom 2 was fitted with one of those monsters.

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