Pen Pusher wrote:Lest hope the weather on the continent is better this time.
Brian
Excellent news, really want to catch the Lightning again! B25 is always nice to see, too
Pen Pusher wrote:Lest hope the weather on the continent is better this time.
Brian
The Baron wrote:Does anyone else get a feeling of déjà vu?
The Baron wrote:What will be confirmed next? Dakota Norway's Dak? Lufthansa's JU52
Pen Pusher wrote:The Baron wrote:Does anyone else get a feeling of déjà vu?
As with all air shows, especially RIAT?
Granted, and I knew that argument would be thrown out there. However RIAT is primarily an airshow of modern aircraft, different types of which are getting fewer and fewer with multiple users of F16s etc. Legends focuses on "warbirds" of which airworthy types are luckily getting more plentiful. Wouldn't it be nice to see something different?The Baron wrote:What will be confirmed next? Dakota Norway's Dak? Lufthansa's JU52
You do know they are charter flights and would be coming any way?
Brian
Pen Pusher wrote:No.
I go to an air show because it's an air show not because of what's in it.
Brian
HuwJHopkins wrote:...I say scrap the typical Legends Spitfire opening sequence that people often moan is boring.....
Tommy wrote:....I still find a Spitfire tail chase entertaining.
phreakf4 wrote:HuwJHopkins wrote:...I say scrap the typical Legends Spitfire opening sequence that people often moan is boring.....
Once again an illustration of the massive gulf between the few enthusiasts to be mostly found taking up the majority of the front row at the crowdline and the rest of the audience. Suggest to the average "family audience" that a tailchase/sequence involving a fair number of Spitfires is "boring" and you would be met with total incomprehension at best and the assumption that you are some sort of deviant at worst.
If that sequence really does bore you I suggest that you turn round at look at the rest of the audience. You will find that the vast majority are totally enthralled. It is only the "enthusiasts" who find such displays less than amazing....The same applies to (especially) the Breitling Wingwalkers display, commonly slated on here as "boring filler", yet whenever I have been accompanied to shows by non-enthusiasts (usually family members or people I know through work or motorsport who come along "just to see what it's about") they consider these two items plus the Red Arrows and the BBMF to be the highlights of any show.
EDIT: If you can name any other aircraft more suited to the appellation "legend" than the Spitfire (though I am aware that much of the lore surrounding this aircraft is due to "hype" and erroneous beliefs), please name it; I know I can't (at least in the UK...)
HuwJHopkins wrote:phreakf4 wrote:HuwJHopkins wrote:...I say scrap the typical Legends Spitfire opening sequence that people often moan is boring.....
Once again an illustration of the massive gulf between the few enthusiasts to be mostly found taking up the majority of the front row at the crowdline and the rest of the audience. Suggest to the average "family audience" that a tailchase/sequence involving a fair number of Spitfires is "boring" and you would be met with total incomprehension at best and the assumption that you are some sort of deviant at worst.
If that sequence really does bore you I suggest that you turn round at look at the rest of the audience. You will find that the vast majority are totally enthralled. It is only the "enthusiasts" who find such displays less than amazing....The same applies to (especially) the Breitling Wingwalkers display, commonly slated on here as "boring filler", yet whenever I have been accompanied to shows by non-enthusiasts (usually family members or people I know through work or motorsport who come along "just to see what it's about") they consider these two items plus the Red Arrows and the BBMF to be the highlights of any show.
EDIT: If you can name any other aircraft more suited to the appellation "legend" than the Spitfire (though I am aware that much of the lore surrounding this aircraft is due to "hype" and erroneous beliefs), please name it; I know I can't (at least in the UK...)
No, no, I didn't say *I* found it boring, but many on here do (bemusingly). I would love to see reactions from people saying "give me La Ferte anyday" when they are presented with a 12 minute segment of Motor Gliders bimbling about to the Jurassic Park theme rather than the Spitfire sequence. I love Legends, and I love La Ferte, but both are their own seperate entities and have their own unique points of enjoyment.
craig.mason wrote:Planes are being restored or built from scratch like the mosquito all the time so there is always somthing new to see
After great success of the Canadian Avro Lancaster’s visit to this year Air Show, OTS News.co.uk understands that plans are underway to bring a De Havilland Mosquito over to the UK for the 2015 flying season.
If this happens, the event will be like this year’s based with the RAF's Battle of Britain flight, and join the flight as they attend air shows.
craig.mason wrote:Seems very quiet on the flying legends update front anybody know of anything that's going that's not been posted on there website i keep checking it
https://www.flyinglegends.com/aircrafts.html