NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 21 JUNE 2010

Hi and welcome to this week’s what’s new on Miliblog. Well it’s been a busy week with three separate shows over the weekend. We started off with a nice drive out into the Worcestershire countryside for the Wartime in The Vale Show at Evesham on Saturday. We’ve a full report with over 150 photos under our Show Report section. However I couldn’t resist adding a before and after photo from our collection of a vehicle we saw at the show !!! Even the markings are the same on the front mudguard.

Austin K5 3Ton GS (KFF 980) in the 1990s

Austin K5 3Ton GS (KFF 980) Under Preservation 2010

The next day we scooted over to Halfpenny Green Airport, near Stourbridge for the 100 Years of Wolverhampton’s Airports Show. This was an event to celebrate the 100 years to the day since the first flight from a Wolverhampton Airport, which occurred on 27 June 1910. A show of military vehicles had been advertised, but by the time we arrived, they’d all left. Something to do with World Cup football match between England and Germany I believe, Still it was nice to have a walk around a wartime airfield complete with it’s original wartime control tower. Years ago, in the 1970′s, the airfield used to hold an annual air show that was a national event and featured the Falcons, the British Parachute Regiment display team, displays of Spitfires and Hurricanes and I believe the Red Arrows too in their Folland Gnat aircraft. Below is a photo of the control tower.

Halfpenny Green Airfield Control Tower

 Also at the event was a lovely percival Prentice Trainer, that I think was owned by Air Atlantique and based at Coventry Airport, which is pictured below.

Percival P40 Prentice T1 Trainer (VR-259)

 Finally after enjoying the sunshine we headed off to Himley Park near Dudley for the British Armed Forces Day. Here we saw a selection of familiar vehicles seen at other shows across the Midlands. Below is Tony Whitehead’s superb Austin 10hp Light Utility. Sorry Tony I think you were having a quick sleep as we went by and we didn’t like to disturb you for a chat !!! Perhaps next time.

Austin 10hp Light Utility (ORE 89)

 So it was back home for a well deserved cup of tea and check out the photos we’d taken over the weekend.

Have a great week and we’ll see you soon !

Cheerio !

Simon