SOMETHING old, something new, and a very blue sky were all at the Kemble airshow on Sunday.
After last year's show, which was badly hit by the weather, this year's event was glorious, with wall to wall sunshine and temperatures soaring almost as high as the aircraft.
The weather certainly helped draw in the crowds with more than 20,000 visitors on the day but the biggest attraction had to be the line up of classic and cutting edge aircraft.
Star of the show was the Eurofighter Typhoon, making its first appearance at a civilian airshow.
It put on an immaculate performance of high agility aerobatics, showing just why it is considered one of the best combat aircraft in the world.
But some classic aeroplanes also went through their paces, with some glorious survivors from the fifties like the De Havilland Vampire and Hawker Sea Fury competing with more modern aircraft like the Bae Hawk and Sepecat Jaguar.
The Red Arrows, as usual, returned to their spiritual home (RAF Kemble, as was, became the teams' first base when they were formed) with a new display for 2005 that raised their already stratospheric standards even higher.
But the beauty of Kemble is the sheer variety of the show - from ultra-modern to classic, both in the air and in the accompanying car displays.
There is literally something for everyone, and the microlights and the model aircraft also play a huge part in the show. That is what gives Kemble its very unique charm.
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