Southend Airshow

On Sunday we made our way to the Southend Airshow which is one of the biggest free airshows in Europe. The show was on Sunday and Monday which was a bank (public) holiday. Sunday was one of the warmest and consistently sunny days we have had in the Uk. Consequently we were unprepeared with our pale bristish skin and managed to burn our faces really badly, like embarrassed to go out in public bad. We are not happy but it is the first time in 2 years we have burnt at all.

We sat outside in the blinding sun and drank some refreshing beverages whilst watching a mix of old and modern aircraft.
We saw WWII P51 Mustangs and a B24 Liberator, there were a few different helicopters and then some older jets. The finale consisted of the Red Arrows which were fantastic and a Eurofighter Typhoon which is the top Bristish Fighter.
The pics are all a bit hazy as the day was so bright and a lot of the photos were taken looking into the sun.


Helicopter - Lynx


Corinne Burning herself in the blinding sun

Yellow Helicopter


Old Jet, looks like a toy

B24 Liberator medium bomber from WWII flanked by 2 P51 Mustangs



Corinne, surrounded by Eastern Europeans, buying important Ice cream supplies

Not something to be that proud of as we discovered at lunch time.

The Red Arrows

A photographic masterpiece, why? I managed to get a lamp post about 20 metres away in focus as well as Jets flying at 300km/hr in focus too.













Eurofighter Typhoon, a boring photo for a very cool loud, maneuverable aircraft.