Flying Legends, Duxford

[Ron Attwood]

Ron,
I will look for you around the Spitfire Beer stand, But I hope my Sir Elton John outfit dose not clash with yours. see you Saturday!
Phil

Just look to your left. I'll be right there!

[Oracle427]

Ewwww, very creepy :p

[Ron Attwood]

"Typically hanging around N07, 12N, KLDJ, KCDW"

And you think I'm creepy?

[Oracle427]

Touche

[norfolkmike]

What a fantastic weekend! And there was me worrying about the weather

Anyway, as always, there were some nice photo opportunities.

[Dogsbody55]

Lovely pictures. I wish I could be there on a flying day, but it's a bit of a schlepp for me. The worst of it is that we don't get any airshows in this part of the world lately.


Cheers,
Mike

[Nick - A2A]

Lovely evocative pics Mike - thanks for sharing.

And thanks for not sharing any of Ron in his tutu!

Nick

[Ron Attwood]

Fantastic couple of days! 11 Spitfires taking off en masse, what a sound! The pictures I took on my crappy camera don't do justice to the atmosphere.
The 'Balbo' finale is jaw dropping. I just stood there with my tutu round my ankles!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRxU_asZD-o

This is from 2015 and the only difference(I could see) was that the Gladiators role was taken over by a Sea Fury.

[Lewis - A2A]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Sea Fury

[HE11DUDE04]

I enjoyed the battle of britain display I guess it was because it was one of the ones that was at the same time as my break

[Ron Attwood]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Sea Fury

What a beast! The one that grabbed my attention though and which I named 'Man of the match' was the BearCat. Apparently was a holder of the 'From take off to 10,000ft' record of 94 seconds!

[aonyn]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Sea Fury

What a beast! The one that grabbed my attention though and which I named 'Man of the match' was the BearCat. Apparently was a holder of the 'From take off to 10,000ft' record of 94 seconds!

The guys at Reno from what I understand have a very healthy respect for Rare Bear which is a BearCat. By healthy respect, I mean that of all the planes on the field, that is the plane to NOT get caught up in the wake turbulence from. Apparently it is particularly vicious. I am not sure if it is the massive prop on it, the shear horsepower, something peculiar about the foil design, or what, but this is the reputation I have heard about.

Perhaps Dudley has some insight on this.

Regards,
Dave