While Old Warden’s shows provide a great selection of vintage aircraft, they are also available for visitors to fly in. As the show was wrapping up the afternoon session and waiting for the evening flying to commence, this was the opportunity for many of the light aircraft to head for home. They might not be as glamorous as some of the performers, but they were interesting in their own right and the conditions were great.

The converted Beech 18 was certainly something unusual, but a Grob motor glider is not something you see every day. However, the one I liked the most was possibly the most common airframe. A Piper PA-28 headed out. This is a type I used to fly many years ago. This one, though, was painted in British Caledonian colours and that really appealed to me having grown up with them flying out of Gatwick.