Not long time ago, I wrote about the the Hasslanda airfield that was closed down. I wondered where all planes flew, now I know. This week, I have been participating in a work shop to hone my skills in writing. Things I learnt have been to use lots of movement verbs and always pay special attention to the first sentence. I didn’t, in this post, in fact, you won’t see much of that sort of text flow either, as if I didn’t learn anything. I need to work with that in Swedish first, to get it fluent. Anyway, during my trips to and from the location of the work shop, I’ve been driving different roads every day, to see different places. On my last day, it was Friday, I drove via a nearby town, Eslöv. When leaving Eslöv I saw an airfield on my right side. All hangars were closed, but I spotted a plane in the background that stood out on the field, and not in the hangars as all others seem to do. This was no regular Cessna. Clearly, I had to drive this way back, when driving home again. This seemed to be the place where all these missing planes went when Hasslanda was closed. I didn’t have that much time to spend there, but walked around and made a few photographs with the gear I had at hand. Some one said I shouldn’t miss the F8 (edit: which I now know rather is a T-6 or AT-6 Texan). Out on the field stood the plane I saw this morning, with roaring engine and ready to take off. It was clearly no Cessna. There were other planes there, too, have no idea the sorts of them, all veterans though. I have to go back there some times, when I have more time.
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Your images are so crisp and clean. I like them very much. How fun it would be to fly those old planes!
Wait? what? They have rules for writing? I knew I was doomed.
Great images Ove and as far as I am concerned your writing is fine and I don’t plan on learning the rules so it will always be fine with me.
I am not sure but I believe the second plane is a P?? trainer for fighter pilots in WW2. I’ll see what I can find and let you know.
Yes, that would have been fun! The F8 had two seats, and seemingly a spectacular view in all directions but downwards.
Ray, we’re all doomed anyway. There are no rules but grammar, and with a few tricks it’s possible to become a better writer. It’s quite similar to photography, in many aspects. Less is more, don’t show – tell, and those sorts of things.
The two seater aircraft looks very much like a T-6 or AT-6 Texan. As Ray said, a trainer used in WWII and into the early 1950′s. Wonderful sharp images.
Earl, I suspected you would know a lot in this topic. Thanks for the data, I will update accordingly.
Ove, these are great. I know you’ve been busy, but I always look forward to your posts.
Thanks, Chris, I appreciate it. I have been very busy, indeed, but things have calmed down now.