Kilted "Regiment" Reading Air Show 2011

[walkerk]

Um, I'm afraid I wasn't focused on her cigarettes...I don't know whether they were real..

Harumph! Next you'll be confessing that they weren't actually bombing Germany that weekend.

[Santa Wally]

There is no other experience like it. I recommend putting the weekend in your itinerary for next year.

In order to put it our itinerary next year, the dates and details need to be posted well in advance before the event. Not read about it after the fact and wish we had been there. If it was posted before hand this year, I regretfully missed the post and don't want to be critical with this post.

Great pics, looks and sounds (literally with the roar of the engines) like a fantastic weekend.

[Kiltboy]

Wow, I havn't heard of that event either. I must research it for next year. Thanks for posting the great pics.

[Highlander31]

One of the great things about the weekend from a reenactor's perspective is that while in camp, or marching about, or talking to the visitors about your unit, there is the constant taking off and landing of these period aircraft.

Some times they take off and land in squadron strength, with the roar of engines in unison. You look up from a conversation to see a sortie of Mustangs banking just enough off the deck...it is enough to make you think you have traveled back in time. There is no other experience like it. I recommend putting the weekend in your itinerary for next year.

I was a regular at the Reno Air Races for almost a decade. Loved the sound of those engines (when we moved here, I discovered the neighbor at the end of the road builds engines for the Reno Races.) Seeing the old warbirds in their time period sounds like a great experience. (Since I would be out there anyway,...it would also give me the excuse to drop down the coast and see some old associates.)