Sunday was the Jamestown Airshow. A 2 1/2 hour plus drive north through the Clare Valley, it was an early start. There is always a good variety of flying displays with planes old and new.
Amongst the more modern aircraft here were a Gazelle helicopter VH-OIX, a DG-01000S Glider VH-ZDG and a flypast of an RAAF P-8A Poseidon A 47-012 from RAAF Edinburgh.
The Republic SeaBee VH-UUM is always good to see, as is the SIAI Marchetti S-211 VH-CBL, but an inverted Beech 18 (VH-FID) was not something I expected to see!
Aerotech Air Tractor VH-OUN put on a good display of water bombing, still wearing the markings from its recent trip to Europe where it had been deployed for for the norther hemisphere fire fighting season.
Jamestown is known for its warbird displays and this year was no exception with TBM Avenger VH-MML, T-28 Trojan VH-FNO, Boeing Stearman VH-USE and P-51 Mustang VH-LUI all putting on great displays.
Of course, an airshow wouldn't be an airshow without some aerobatics. First up was Paul Bennett in his Wolf Pitts VH-PVB, followed by Glenn Graham in the Edge 540 VH-PBU. Later in the show they went up together for some formation aerobatics.
