Southend Air Show

This year I decided to attend the Southend Air Show. The show started at 2pm, and I arrived early, so I spent a delightful few hours on the cliffs overlooking the seafront waiting for the show to start.

The first show was the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight:

 

Then a display team called The Blades, all ex-Red Arrows pilots, came on:

Not bad. I retired somewhat early as there were suddenly a lot more people around, and load more when I got back to the station.