2 May 2023
The de Havilland Moth Club’s 2023 Vintage Air Tour is set for this summer with planned mid-week dates of Wednesday, 21 June and Thursday, 22 June.
The Tour started in 2003 to commemorate the Centenary of Flight and has been run most years since. The objective is to encourage vintage light aeroplanes to spread their wings and fly a bit further.
According to organisers Ron Gammons, the 2023 Tour has so far 23 registered aircraft, mainly Tiger Moths, but with two Gipsy Moths, three Leopard Moths and four Hornet Moths, a Stampe, Travel Air and Chipmunk also joining in.
The Tour is centred at Enstone North side grass, by kind permission of Tom Gilbert.
On Wednesday 21 June the Tour travels from Enstone to visit Popham for morning coffee, arrival around 10.15, then to Shobdon for a lunch stop at approximately 12 noon, departing Shobdon to Husbands Bosworth from 2pm and returning to Enstone late afternoon.
On the Thursday the cavalcade departs from Enstone to Fenland for the coffee stop and then to Hinderclay Meadows in Suffolk for lunch. Finally, to Old Warden in Bedfordshire for afternoon tea, where public access is freely available. All with similar timings to the Wednesday.
Times, routes, and participants are subject to weather and to change without prior notice. It is hoped that all the participants will visit all, or most, of the points of the Tour but for obvious reasons there can be no guarantees!
The organising team of Ron and Valery Gammons, Mark and Siobhan Miller, said they are grateful to the airfields that the Tour is visiting for their wholehearted support – which is sure to generate some local interest.
Mark Miller & Siobhan Miller, Hornet Moth DH87B G-AELO
Chris & Susan Winch, Hornet Moth DH87B G-ADKC
Ron & Valery Gammons, Leopard Moth DH85 G-ACUS
Ken & Diane Kelso , Chipmunk DHC1 G-BWMX
Paul & Caroline Harvey, Hornet Moth DH87B G-ADUR
Thomas M Leaver, Travel Air 4000 NC5427
Malcolm Rogan, Tiger Moth DH82A G-EMSY
Terry Dann & Keith Pogmore, Tiger Moth DH82A G-AIDS
Nigel & Sally Ann Reid, Gipsy Moth DH60 G-AAWO
Charlie & Anna Huke, Stampe SV4C(G) G-AYCK
Jeremy & Sally-Ann Radcliffe, Tiger Moth DH82A G-AHAN
Nigel Lemon, Moth Major DH60G111 G-ACGZ
Graham Chisnall & Alistair Wilson, Hornet Moth DH87B G-ADNE
Tom Kinnaird, Tiger Moth DH82A G-ALJL
Stuart Beaty & Dale Grubbs, Tiger Moth DH82A G-TIGA
John Towell & Malcolm Ward, Tiger Moth DH82A G-ANFM
Dave Reid & John Chick, Tiger Moth DH82A G-ANFL
Malcolm Paul, Leopard Moth DH85 G-AIYS
John Baxter/John Hall/Norman Perry, Tiger Moth DH82A G-BPHR
Henry Labouchere, Tiger Moth DH82A G-BEWN
Cliff Hawkins, Leopard Moth DH85 G-ACMA
Richie Piper & Colin Cox, Tiger Moth DH82A G-AOZH
Bob Willies & Linda Smith, Piper Cub G-NCUB
