Windermere Air show

On Sunday I took the kids to the Windermere Air Show. We arrived at about 11.00am and the place was already packed with thousands of people, the airs how didn’t start till 12.30. We walked to the show field where there was exhibitions and info centres for the RAF, Army and Navy. The kids enjoyed going round the displays and getting free stickers and info packs from the armed services. My daughter is interested in joining the Air Training Corps, so she got lots of info about Kendal 1127 Squadron.

The first display was by the Breitling Wing Walkers in their 1940’s biplanes. This was a fantastic display as the girls did their acrobatics on top of the planes, flying at no more than 200feet above the Lake. Next up was the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. This was meant to be a Spitfire, Hurricane and Dakota, unfortunately only the Spitfire managed to do it’s display as the Hurricane and Dakota had broken down at Carlisle Airport. It was still a fantastic display by the Spitfire. The Red Arrows were supposed to do a fly past but did not show before the Grand Finale of the RAF Falcons Parachute display team flying in.

A superb day by the lake watching the air display’s by some of the best in the business.