The Miracle Of Flight

[poliphilo]

 We live about a mile from the epicentre of the Air Show. From an upstairs window I watched the tiny little planes doing their aerobatics above the chimney pots- first a Spitfire, then a jet I couldn't identify. Once or twice I thought I'd seen one of them come into view only to realise after a couple of seconds that I was looking at a gull. 

The jet made a fearful racket and left behind a reek of aviation fuel. I don't have the affection for jets that I feel for planes with propellors.

Comments

[mtbc]

Ah, I do like jets: I enjoyed the Typhoon at an airshow appropriately at Ayr and, for whatever reason, back when I lived in the US I always enjoyed the A-10s.

[paserbyp]

Jets for speed and planes with propellors from history…

[haertstitch]

I liked the bi-planes best
they look like dragon flies
but balloons are fascinating

but when i'm in a plane the bigger ones
with air pressure are better

[poliphilo]

I like bi-planes too. I used to play at being a WWI flying ace- just like Snoopy.