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TFC getting the first shots in in the upcoming Flying Legends vs IWM (and partners) summer 2021 warbird show battle. It remains to be seen whether IWM will now go for two weekends later (24/25 July) - the weekend after RIAT - or possibly the weekend after that, or will attempt to pre-empt TFC by goi...

The B-25 had been based at Albany, NY with a new owner for the past year or so

Ant.H wrote: ↑

Sun 20 Sep 2020, 9:19 am

...interesting to see an RAF crest on the fin of the KC135 (and what look like other smaller ones at the tip).

It's the RAF Mildenhall crest

The ones made in NZ may have had new wooden structure, but they used much of the metalwork from the original aircraft. There’s a lot of metal in a Mosquito. This one will contain very little from the original aircraft that it purports to be.

AFAIK it still is based at OW.

Aquarious wrote: ↑

Fri 18 Sep 2020, 7:52 am

Headcorn?

This thread is about the Duxford show. There is a separate thread for Headcorn

TEXANTOMCAT wrote: ↑

Wed 16 Sep 2020, 9:06 am

...green/brown and RAF roundels...

Except there are no two-seaters currently flying in that scheme since ARCo repainted PV202 about 10 years back

I like the Grey Nurse scheme, and don't forget people travel from all over the world to fly in the Spitfires at BHHH.

Renault have been at the front end in the past, and should be doing much better than they are.

Not really a fair statistic, the 32 seconds was after closing the field up several time’s for safety car periods and restarts. Without that the discrepancy would have been much greater.

Night Shoot next to go?

I suspect BBMF will be endIng their season after Headcorn (if it still goes ahead). The Reds are effectively done already (Duxford was to be their last weekend).

Thanks for pointing that out Doughnut - I'll let the friend who is getting ready to get his type rating in it know that he's wasting his time.

It was more a direct dig at PoF than a comment about the type’s safety record. He then chose to double down by pointing out to them that they had crashed the flying wing.

Yes. One of the mods here was kind enough to tweet them and inform them that they’ll crash it within 5 years. Classy!

I love the way you dismiss some absolute gems, many of which you won’t see display anywhere else on the planet, as ‘mundane stuff’, in favour of a Spitfire and Hurricane that you’ll see at pretty much any other airshow in the U.K.

Nice shots though

I believe it is owned by an Air New Zealand captain based in the Middle East.

G-INFO shows that a ‘Display of Registration Marks Exemption, is in effect, allowing it to wear its former NZ reg instead of G-CIPJ.

Dan Griffith certainly gets to display a wide variety of machinery. Boeing 727, Meteor, Spitfire and...Civilian Coupe!

When do the RAF BAe146s go? I think they were put up for disposal recently.

It was also booked for Melun (along with the Lysander) so I guess when that was cancelled it made it unviable to get the Blenheim up and running and insured and practice displays flown for just a single event.

Epic navigation fail. Goodwood to Exeter, and they end up in Dundee!

It mentions *a* Buchón.

I would urge those who would like to attend but are worried about social distancing to consider getting a ticket for Friday. The flying programme looks better than the weekend at the moment, and I understand that the crowd numbers are likely to be significantly lower than for the Saturday and Sunday.

Posted by one of the Blenheim team on the Blenheim Society FB page

Blenheim self-confirmed