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September 2019 Sticky Fingers Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Issue 184 September 2019 Next month – 21st October 2019 – Modelling Night Next month – 21st October 2019 – Modelling Night .................................................................................................................. 1 Peters Prattling ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Brampton Show – Sunday 29th September ........................................................................................................................... 1 JET FEST 2019 – North Weald ............................................................................................................................................. 1 VintageFest: ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ChipFest: ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 BullFest: ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 London Engineering Model Show ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Forthcoming Shows in 2019/2020 ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Robins Ruminations .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 The Medway Show Report. ................................................................................................................................................... 4 My “official hat” is now on…………… .................................................................................................................................... 4 Peters Prattling Brampton Show – Sunday 29th September I’ve had confirmation via email that we are booked for the Brampton Show in St Ives on Sunday 29th September. Setup/entry is likely to be from 8:30am based on previous years. We have the usual 2 tables, hopefully in a similar position as before. JET FEST 2019 – North Weald On the same weekend as Brampton but it’s local and might appeal. SMOKE ON! Join us for a thrilling end-of-season weekender at North Weald Airfield for JetFest’19, between Friday 27th and Sunday 29th September. Following a similar theme to the successful inaugural JetFest event in 2018, JetFest’19 promises to be bigger and better; we will once again have a large number of vintage jets on display, some static and some flying. The weekend’s attending aircraft will include many stalwarts of the British airshow circuit, plus a number of surprises, some not seen before in the UK and some hardly ever seen in recent years. With such an array of ex-military jets, we are sure you won’t be disappointed. Talk to the pilots and get up close to these phenomenal machines. There will be a number of open cockpit opportunities, which should please adults and children alike. Photo opportunities will be rife and happy faces will be guaranteed. Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk This year we are teaming up with our friends at Aero Legends, which will add a new and different vintage dimension to the JetFest’19 event. The Aero Legends crew will be conducting Spitfire flying all weekend, plus there will be opportunities for our guests to fly in Harvards and Tiger Moths (subject to availability). Further information on the Aero Legends participation, plus a number of other twists for 2019, will be released shortly. S=Static F=Flying (Normal Operations) T=Engine start and Fast Taxy S&F = Static & Flying (Normal Operations HAAF Westland Scout AH1 – XT626 (G-CIBW) S - Saturday Only Royal Air Force Puma HC2 (tail number TBC)S - Saturday Only Bell UH-1 Huey (G-HUEY) S&F Hunting Jet Provost MK3 (G-BKOU) S&F BAC Omani Strikemaster MK82A (G-SOAF) S / Flying TBC BAC Saudi Strikemaster MK80A (G-RSAF) S / Flying TBC Hawker Hunter T.8.C (WV322) S Hunting Jet Provost T.Mk3A (G-BWOT) S&F Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XW550 (Cockpit Section) S Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin (G-DLFN, G-BYCT) S&F Folland Gnat Tmk1 XR538 (G-RORI) S&F Folland Gnat T1 XR992 (G-MOUR) S&F Folland Gnat T1 XS104 (G-FRCE) S Indian Air Force Folland Gnat F.1 E296 (G-SLYR) S&T Hunting Jet Provost T.Mk5A (G-BWGF) S (F-TBC Hunting Jet Provost T.Mk5B (G-BWSG) S (F-TBC Hunting Jet Provost T.Mk3A XM424 (G-BWDS) S (F-TBC) Hunting Jet Provost T.Mk3A XM479 (G-BVEZ) S (F-TBC) Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XR673 (G-BXLO) S (F-TBC) Hunting Jet Provost T5P XS230 (G-VIVM) S (F-TBC) Hunting Jet Provost T52 (XS228 or G-PROV) S (F-TBC) LIM 5 (Mig 17F.Fresco) S Aerospatiele Gazelle (G-CBSK, G-ZZLE, G-CBSI) S Aerobility PA28-161 (G-BSYY)) S Aerobility Tecnam P2002 JF S VintageFest: Consolidated PBY Catalina (G-PBYA) S / Flying TBC Douglas C54 Skymaster S Douglas DC3 Dakota KP220 (G-ANAF) S&F C47 Dakota 'Drag Em Oot' (N473DC) S Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX TD314 (G-CGYJ) S&F Supermarine Spitfire MkIXT NH341 S&F North American T6 Mk.IIb Harvard FT391 (G-AZBN) S&F North American T6G Harvard 49-3209 (G-DDMV) S&F Taylorcraft Auster AOP.9.0 WZ706 or (G-BURR) S (F-TB Slepcev Storch (G-BZOB) S (Friday and Saturday only) De Havilland Tiger Moth DH82a (G-AOZH) S&F De Havilland Tiger Moth DH82 K4259 (G-AMNO) S&F De Havilland Tiger Moth DH82 (G-PWBE) S&F Piper Cub (G-BILI)S Piper Cub (G-BOXJ) S Piper Cub (G-BROR) S Piper Cub (G-BBLH) S Beagle Pup (G-AZFA) S Cessna BirdDog (G-JDOG) Thruxton Jackaroo (G-AOIR) S&F Percival Prentice (VR259) S&F Boeing Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet‘07539 - 143’(N63590) S Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Boeing Stearman A75N1 (G-BTFG) S (TBC) Beech 18 (G-BKGL) S ChipFest: De Havilland Chipmunk WG308 (G-BYHL) S&F De Havilland Chipmunk 1350 (G-CGAO) S&F Static G-HDAE, G-APLO, G-ATHD, G-BBMN, G-BCPU, G-BBMO, G-BCGC, G-BXDN, G-BARS, G-DHPM, G-BBND, G-BCEY, G- AOJR, G-APYG, G-BXGP, G-BXGL BullFest: Static Scottish Aviation Bulldog G-CBFP, G-BPCL, G-GGRR, G-CBEH, G-KDOG, G-BULL, G-BHXA, G-GRRR London Engineering Model Show I’ve provisionally booked us in to the 2020 show and have received this request from the organisers. Does anyone have any models which fall under this subject? I suspect that due to the fragility of our plastic models we wouldn’t be part of the convoy but perhaps look to have something on the stand. “At this years London Model Engineering Exhibition, we’d like to set the world record for the longest convoy of model emergency services vehicles. Perhaps some of your members have models that could be part of this?? I appreciate that you may not know your plans for the event this far in advance, however it would really help with planning if you could give us an idea of the models you have which would fall under the blue light category, such as police cars, fire engines, life boats, ambulances and military vehicles. Can you please let me know if you have any of your members have suitable models by Friday the 20th of September?” Forthcoming Shows in 2019/2020 Shows with highlight have been booked for us to attend. If you wish to attend any of the shows with the club stand please let me know so I can attempt to book space for the club. 2019 September 21st (Saturday) West Cornwall, St John’s Hall, Elverton Road, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 Wings & Things, University Academy Holbeach, Park Road Holbeach, PE12 7PU September 22nd (Sunday) Keighley Plastic Model Show, University Academy Keighley, Greenhead Road, Keighley, BD20 6EB South West Model Show, The Tank Museum, Bovington Wool, Dorset, BH20 6JG September 28th (Saturday) Scale Scotland, BT Murrayfield Stadium, Roseburn Street, Edinburgh, EH12 5PJ September 29th (Sunday) Brampton, Burgess Civic Hall, Westwood Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 6WU October 5th (Saturday) Abingdon Model Show, Larkmead School, Abingdon, OX14 1BB November 9th & 10th Scale Modelworld 2019, Telford International Centre Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH (Saturday & Sunday) 2020 January 17th – 19th (Friday, Saturday & London Engineering Model Show, Alexandra Palace Sunday) March 28th & 29th Southern Expo 2020 (Saturday & Sunday) Peter Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Robins Ruminations Not a lot to report from the Bellamy household, normal work, normal domestics and that’s about it. I’m sure Peter will mention the upcoming Brampton Show at the end of the month, always a good show to get to if at all possible. The Medway Show Report. Last Sunday Kevin, Graham and I made the trek to Gillingham in Kent to attend the show held amongst the exhibits inside the Royal Engineers Museum. We arrived about ten minutes before the staff arrived to open the gates, but it worked out well as we easily got parked up while the later arrivals ended up jammed up one behind the other that must have made getting out at the end of the show “interesting”. However, we unpacked quickly and in a couple of lifts had everything inside the building. The club stand was situated in front of some sort of tracked APC, I had intended to take a photo or two and taken a note of the vehicles name but yours truly forgot to do both, what a Muppet! Still we set-up the stand and then all wandered around for a quick look at the
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