Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow 2018

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It was just the JP and the two Vampires in formation. The Mig flew later on with a pair of Mustangs.

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Good day today at Duxford for arrivals and practice, rare bird of the day was the German based Spitfire MK Vlll shot 400 plus pics, heres one for now, back tomorrow
ImageSpitfire MKlll MT928 by Mark Handley, on Flickr


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As i was leaving work about 345 there was a nice display going on with the Mig and 2 Mustangs watched for a bit, boy was the car park full bet it was busy

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Did Hangar 11's Spitfire arrive?
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Not while I was there. Could fly in tomorrow.

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Did the Shuttleworth/BAE aircraft arrive?

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As of 6pm when I left the Hangar 11 Spitfire and the Shuttleworth aircraft hadn't arrived. I'm guessing the same as Brian, they will hopefully arrive tomorrow.

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Peter Teichman often arrives on the day of events

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I'm holding out for Sunday and something flying weather is improving with showers late afternoon. Lets help its like the may show where we were due thunderstorms and had blue sky all day!
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According to a post by Shuttleworth on Facebook, it's in fact the Se.5 that's broken, and not the Lysander. We've also gained another Magister. :up:

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Light patchy rain/showers forecast for this afternoon, shouldn’t cause to many issues.

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Anyone know the flying times?
Near Duxford, traffic is a shambles. Got a bad feeling that i’m not going to enjoy today as its going to be disgustingly busy.
Edit. Gridlock, nothing moving at all. Got up early to do the flightline walk. If i miss that i will be extremely unimpressed.

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The shuttle bus queue is a disgrace- got here at 8.45 and moved about 20 yards.
If you haven’t joined the queue yet, I’d advise you to walk
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Agreed. Got on the bus at 8:40 soon as we hit the M11 moved about 10 feet. This is chaos. Worst i’ve ever seen it at an airshow since Manston 2013.

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The queue to get in. God.

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Airshowhammer wrote:Manston 2013.


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Hangar 11 Spitfire arrived yet?
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Stuck Stuck Stuck Stuck in jam for two two hours hours . Angry

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Not seen it but Ben Dunnel did mention over the tannoy early on that it was landin.

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Its gonna rain nonstop for 48 hours.hahaha

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LN Strike Eagle wrote:Hangar 11 Spitfire arrived yet?


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A surprise tribute according to Ben Dunell!

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jules48 wrote:Its gonna rain nonstop for 48 hours.hahaha

No, it's really not. Not so funny now is it

Hangar 11 Spit on the ground.

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Steady rain now but can also see the sun! Pilots report good visibility just hope wind doesn't get up.

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Thanks for the confirmation. Was hoping to catch up with PT before he left today but the hangar was closed up so I thought it was likely I'd already missed him. Try again next weekend...
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