RESIDENTS of Pocklington were wowed by a flight show of historic aeroplanes at the sixth annual Pocklington Flying Man Festival.

The highlight of the weekend was the air show, which featured four historic aeroplanes, a Bucker Jungmeister, Miles Magister, a T-6 Harvard and a Ryan.

The Miles Magister and the Bucker Jungmeister were flown in synchronisation by retired policeman Geoff Cline and Alan Marshland, a farmer from Holme-on-Spalding Moor.

Simon Decker, a retired gardener from Doncaster, flew the Harvard, and Les Clarke, who owns a car body repair shop in Selby, flew the Ryan.

The festival spanned three days from the opening ceremony on Friday when Woldgate College Choir entertained guests at a hog roast event in Burnby Hall Gardens.

Other activities included abseiling from the tower of All Saints’ Church; exhibitions, quizzes and street entertainment.

The annual festival is held in honour of Thomas Pelling, an 18th-century showman who fell to his death while trying to fly from the tower of All Saints’ Church in 1733.

The organiser of the festival, Tony Farmer, said it had attracted a good turnout and raised well in excess of £10,000. “It has been fantastic. I’m so pleased that the people of Pocklington have supported us so well yet again,” he said.