Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Croft Nostalgia was an excellent weekend, both with content and weather. With around 300 classic cars, and 100 MV's/dioramas booked in, plus flying displays and historic racing, it was going to be a busy weekend. The forecast was fairly good and the only serious rain was a thunderstorm on Friday ,late afternoon, after we had set up camp. After it cleared, it gave a really nice Sun set which I took advantage of in pictures three and four. More pictures to follow..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Aviation displays in the air and on the ground were two Spitfire replicas, a Yak 52, Jet Provost, Cessna 140, and the Alvis Leonides and RR Griffon aero engines which ran several times across the weekend. One of the Spits was the aircraft originally booked for the show, but it was damaged recently at another show, preventing easy assembly. Its owner was Neil McCarthy, who was also the flightline director for the show, so it paid a visit on route for repairs while Neil supervised the Yak display. The replacement aircraft was from the www.aircraftrestorationgroup.org/, a group connected to the guys with the aero engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Yak 52, flown by Simon Ducker from Breighton airfield. Spitfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) M3 Stuart Tank ( or is it an M5? ), brought by Chris Till M24 Chaffee Northern WW2 Halftrack Both tanks were taken over the track into the field next to the start/finish straight for a blast around, literally. The Chaffee fired off several rounds. Edited August 8, 2013 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Unfortunately, 'Battle Damage' to the Stuart resulted in the Chaffee having to tow it back out of the circuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 There were a large number of classic buses in attendance this year. Like the other classic vehicles, they also had a parade lap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 On Saturday evening, there was another nice Sun set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 On Sunday afternoon, there was a fashion/history show, using the fashions of the 1940's to tell the story of the war from declaration in 1939 to VE Day. War is declared LDV/Home Guard, Captain Mainwaring and Corporal Jones Pearl Harbor Rosie the Riveter Glenn Miller The Resistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Some of the classic cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 More military vehicles/re-enactors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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whistlinwolf Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Me on the WLC Johnny Loot on his WLA , lock up yer daughters and valuables !! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 The 2013 Gallery is now uploaded. - http://www.croftmilitary.co.uk/ Many thanks to all those who supported the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Seems to have been an interesting weekend :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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