Major air display at Speke Aug.`84

[wadoki]

Notes from an old log book:
Sunday 12 Red Arrows
Thursday 16 XV500 Phantom
Friday 17 XV353 Buccaneer
XX325 Hawk
XX745 Jaguar
ZA606 Tornado
XL512 Victor
Saturday 18 XS219 Jet Provost
XX339 Hawk
XR718 Lightning
XP749 Lightning
Sunday 19 XV182 Hercules
XV179 Hercules

..........and that`s just the `in service` military participation!!
Vintage included DC-3,Spitfire,Piston Provost,Vampire,Meteor

Can you imagine anything like this at a regional event these days?

On a very tragic note Varsity WJ897/G-BDFT crashed after departing EMA en route to this show on Sunday 19th with much loss of life.

[viscount]

A fuller list and report on this and earlier Liverpool Air Displays on: derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/130

The 1984, and last Liverpool 'on airfield' air display, has a full report and particpating aircraft lists towards the end of page 1, while there are photos (some not so great from transparencies) towards the bottom of page 2 of the Liverpool Air Displays thread.

Thanks for reminding us what a great-line up there was on the ground and in the air, generally under-appreciated at the time though!