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Posted: 22-Jun-2025 | Category: Aviation

Duxford Summer Air Show

A mostly disappointing air show - too windy for the Army parachute team, the BBMF cried off and the Red Arrows were stuck on the ground at Mildenhall. Show ended abruptly and disappointingly. Typhoon put on a good show, and nice to see a few helicopters.

Menacing Apache Nice to see, early gun-ship, the Cobra Jet Pitts - awesome except so high, hard to see! Mighty Chinook Apache Wildcat Spitfire, Blenheim and Hurricane Typhoon

Posted: 06-Oct-2024 | Category: Aviation

York Air Museum

Interesting Museum with a good number of Cold War Jets -plenty to see.

The Amazing Lightning Gannet - look at the size of it compared to the cockpit! Wonderful Victor Buccaneer The odd looking Nimorod Menacing Victor Halifax - Friday the Thirteenth

Posted: 25-Jun-2023 | Category: Aviation

Duxford Summer Airshow 2023

Very hot day at Duxford yesterday - enjoyed some of the displays, but the thing no one talks about now, is the "Shoreham" effect - how far away and how high the aircraft are when displaying.

AƩrospatiale Gazelle de Havilland Vampire Nice looking Lockheed 12 Playing around with the sky in ON1 Raw Photo editor  Sally B - B-17 Flying Fortress Goodyear Corsair Westland Lynx Vampire and 2 Strikemasters Strikemasters in action The bonkers jet assisted Pitts Special - see it if you can! Bristol Blenheim and Gloster Gladiator Wingwalkers! Mustang - hanging.....

Posted: 10-Sep-2022 | Category: Aviation

Duxford Airshow

Duxford Airshow - the day ended very wet.....

The lovely Vampire Amazing Lysander Blenheim Array of Spitfires The stunning Hind

Posted: 01-Feb-2022 | Category: Aviation

Flypast at the American Cemetery

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Eighth Air Force, there was a flypast at the American Cemetery today.

B1 Lancer - Supersonic bomber F35 and F15s

Posted: 15-Jul-2021 | Category: Aviation

East Kirkby - Just Jane

Recently visited East Kirkby - Just Jane doing taxi runs.... Quite a site.

Posted: 03-Oct-2020 | Category: Aviation

Army Air Museum, Middle Wallop

Interesting and enjoyable museum. A photo challenge was set, 4 pictures to sum up the museum and then a couple of "arty" ones. Here's mine.

Posted: 28-May-2020 | Category: Aviation

Spitfire over Toft

Spitfire flies over Toft on the last Thank You Thursday.

Posted: 14-Jul-2019 | Category: Aviation

Flying Legends 2019

Good day at Duxford - dramatic skies. Excellent display of 12 Spitfires!

Not a great photo - but 12 Spitfires!

Posted: 13-Jul-2018 | Category: Aviation

RIAT 2018

A disappointing show this year - nothing really very interesting and the fight by the new F35 was very uninspiring!