Turb team entertain at Brimpton Fly-In

It was fun and games at Brimpton last month, with the Turbulent display team contributing to another successful fly-in at the Berkshire airfield.
Barnstorming at its best on Father's Day, with the three Turbs chasing balloons and dropping flour-bombs along the runway.

Pilots Richard Meredith, Jon Bastin and Glyn Richards kept the crowd entertained with their energetic performance. On the ground, the LOOP girls took a seat in the French, VW-engined single-seater, to see what "flying around the sky on a tea tray" might feel like!

The event saw more than 80 visiting aircraft, with the many vintage types stealing the show, including Melvyn Hiscock's infamous Rearwin Cloudster and Ian Logan's stunning Cessna Airmaster.
Ian, who is reluctantly selling G-BTDE, told LOOP, "I've had it for 17 years and I just don't fly it enough. "I'm thinking about getting a Piper Supercub next."

Aerobatic competition regular, Ian Trask, flew his Little Gransden-based Yak 55 in to the event. He told LOOP, "I've had the Yak for four years now. I entered my first aerobatic competition at Fenland and won that, then went on to the Nationals and came third. "I now compete at Advanced level. I just enter the competitions and see how I do!"

Good turn out for Brimpton Fly-in

The highlight of the day came after the airfield had officially closed, when the two resident Percival Piston Provost T1s went up for a practice session, much to the delight of the remaining visitors. Flown by John Fairey and airline pilot Chris Edmonson, the two ex-RAF trainers lined up on the grass, allowing everyone to hear the distinctive sound of the 500hp engines, purring in unison, before taking off. Airfield operator, Alan House, who is responsible for the complete rebuild of both Provosts, has a third

Words: Kirsten Corrigan