I'm making a point about a show I would like to go to, and being a pensioner these things don't come cheap. And paying £29 a ticket for the season premier this is quite a jump in price. I sympathise, although I do feel that pleas of poverty are slightly undermined by the list of photographic equipm...

I should also have added that the Bedfordshire Steam Fair, a huge and hugely popular annual event which had been taking place at Old Warden for some 20 years, decamped in 2019 when Shuttleworth hiked the hire prices up to an unacceptable level. The event now takes place at Turvey House.

It isn't just on flying days that Shuttleworth has lost the plot. I live locally to Old Warden and used to enjoy popping up to the cafe for a tea and bacon sarnie with my old mum on a weekend, and if you were lucky an aircraft or two might land or take off. We also used to like walking round the Swi...

he 99 year old veteran smiling as he inspected the Hurricanes (apologies my memory isn't great for names these days and he deserves better). I think his name was Archie McGuinness. I could be wrong though Archie McInnes. Sad news - The Times reports today (3rd August) that Archie McInnes died on We...

Amen to all that has gone before. I felt a bit sorry for the elderly gentleman talking about his experiences as his voice was rather lost in the noise of the aircraft flying at the time. It was very noticeable that there was no great rush for the exit after the Hurricanes had displayed. A lovely sun...

Pen Pusher wrote:

Mr Potton wrote: ticket money ought to be refundable. If not - why not?

Because it's written in the T&C's that it's not refundable. Should always read the small print.

Brian

From which I conclude you're saying that Duxford doesn't take out adverse weather insurance. The question remains - why not?

In fairness to Duxford, I would imagine at this late stage, most of their expenses will be irrecoverable. I don't really see that they should have to cover a financial loss because of the weather. Does Duxford take out insurance against bad weather? If so, ticket money ought to be refundable. If no...

I was there on Saturday and as a non-expert had a pretty good time of it, despite the proximity of two amiable Italian photographers who, having elbowed their way to the fence, chose to stand on either side of me and spend the entire day shouting across me in their native language, the dialogue only...

All change, please!

...my wife was a first timer at a Duxford show...who I'd describe as a blueprint for a 'Joe Public' type at an air display and she thought the whole thing was 'amazing' andy Likewise, my old mum's first visit to Duxford and she thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the Spitfires which she remembers wat...

Experience the speed, power and agility of historic and contemporary fighter aircraft as they dominate the skies over IWM Duxford at The Duxford Air Show. In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the formation of RAF Fighter Command, the air show highlights Duxford's role as a wartime fighter st...

Pen Pusher wrote: Within the meaning of Duxford's publicity the ... Vampires etc ARE contemporary fighters to the Second and First World War fighters in the air show.

Brian

I think the fact that the Vampires (and the MiG 15) are the property of the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron speaks volumes!

Mr P

I just noticed the schedules have been published:

Saturday http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/fil ... _FINAL.pdf

Sunday http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/fil ... _FINAL.pdf

Get shut of the exclusive gold & silver pass enclosures that take up the prime spots along the crowd line, there's little enough room there, now that the tank bank and the jet pan are off limits. If there is one thing that will antagonise the paying customers, it's the "them & us"...

I just received an email from Duxford reminding me to prepare for my weekend visit to "Meet the Fighters". It's illustrated with a photo of .... the Lancaster!

Defo no Sea Vixen for Duxford Important update from Navy Wings about our Lady. "Following the fault to the starboard flap discovered during the Eastbourne Flying display, it is now obvious that due to the length of the repair work, we will be unable to conduct any further flight this year. Ah....

Are you sure it's not just an old photo? Or is it a story specifically of it being back in the air? The caption reads "The last airworthy de Havilland Sea Vixen flies over Start Point in south Devon at the weekend in a photograph taken from a fighter jet above". If the Vixen does fly at D...

Are you sure it's not just an old photo? Or is it a story specifically of it being back in the air? The caption reads "The last airworthy de Havilland Sea Vixen flies over Start Point in south Devon at the weekend in a photograph taken from a fighter jet above". If the Vixen does fly at D...

Today's Times carries a photograph of the Sea Vixen flying over south Devon this weekend. So it's back in the air again. Let's hope....

I feel I should add my comments. I'm not an aircraft 'nut', I'm not a photographer, I'm just one of the 'general public' who get referred to in this forum from time to time. I only sought out this forum after I went to the American Air Show - until then, I didn't know it existed. The reason I sought...

...theming shows always causes expectations and then problems.... The promise of contemporary aircraft at this show was made as long ago as February (see the second post in this thread), so they've had plenty of time to book the acts, surely? If they weren't able to do so they should have amended t...

Still no sign of those contemporary aircraft though.....

And now the Vixen has disappeared from the flight list too. But the list is still described as 'participation confirmed at 2nd August'. It's changed a bit since then.....

I see this morning that the Blenheim has quietly disappeared from the flight list. Something else has disappeared as well but I can't spot what it is. The list in the 'also featured' section has got shorter too.

The reference to contemporary aircraft may have been removed from the press release, but it's still here on the Duxford website:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxfor ... 0wodTVIDGg