IWM Flying Festival

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23rd and 24th May
Last year the line up wasn't great but the start today isn'y shabby at all!
Wingwalkers
Little and Large
Ultimate Fighters :yahoo:
Stichting Fokker Four :yahoo:
Whirlwind and Wessex! :yahoo: :yahoo:
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I've been pretty down on this show for the last couple of years and after last year vowed to stop buying tickets in advance of a full flying list.

This is a decent start though and the Ultimate Fighters and the Historic Helicopters (which I haven't seen yet) count as star items for me.

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Nice start, had hoped to see the Ultimate Warbirds and the Wingwalkers. Helicopters are a nice addition too. Had never heard of the Stichting Fokker Four but its another new display for me so thats great :)

Very nice start.

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Yeah nice start one to keep an eye on for sure, ive yet to see the Wessex and Whirlwind so these and the Ultimate Fighters are very appealing.
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Fokker four have been around for ages but don't recall them ever coming to the UK before.

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Chris G wrote:Fokker four have been around for ages but don't recall them ever coming to the UK before.

They were at Old Warden in 1981

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Chris G wrote:Fokker four have been around for ages but don't recall them ever coming to the UK before.

I seem to recall them gaining the official Fokker Four name in '82 but had been displaying as such for many years prior to that. As Mike says they have been to OW and I think a couple of other events so a good, out of the box pull. Rare, seldom seen machines in pukka schemes displaying - what's not to like?!
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Tom105 wrote:23rd and 24th May
Little and Large


Are they coming out of retirement just for the IWM show?

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Czech gripen plus alcas added :yahoo:
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B17
Catalina
Wasp
N3200
501 hurricane
One of the best line ups I've seen at Duxford spring show for a long time
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Blimey, wasn't expecting that! :clap:

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Wooooo what an update!

Strikemaster pairs also added
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Very tidy! The Czechs are a great catch. Now let's get the Hind and Hip for September. :whistle:

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Blimey!

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If Duxford can secure Patrouille De France/Rafale and the Typhoon I will be returning. (I said I wouldn't be after last years disaster)

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What was wrong with last years? I really enjoyed it. Granted it was my first ever trip to Duxford so didn't know what to expect.

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Yeah I enjoyed last year as well. The participation had a bit of a bashing, but I thought it was pretty reasonable all things considered.

I'm only disappointed at no weekend tickets for this year, but I can cope with the cost given the Wessex and the Czechs! :smile:

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Over hyped PR, line up was pretty basic, weather was pants (can't be helped), loads of things on show that had nothing to do with it being an airshow, horrendously packed. I ended up leaving half way through. It looks like they're working on improving this year!

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It’s disappointing that they no longer offer the 2 day ticket option which was a good insurance policy against the weather. Sadly, It looks like yet another manifestation of the IWM’s money grasping mentality.

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Blackbird wrote:It’s disappointing that they no longer offer the 2 day ticket option which was a good insurance policy against the weather. Sadly, It looks like yet another manifestation of the IWM’s money grasping mentality.

Andy

does feel like a money grab. even as a premium member it's going to cost about 70 (including parking) quid for the weekend. The Gripen is good but at the moment it's not enough to get me to spend my money

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Blackbird wrote:It’s disappointing that they no longer offer the 2 day ticket option which was a good insurance policy against the weather. Sadly, It looks like yet another manifestation of the IWM’s money grasping mentality.

Andy


I did ask what happened to the 2 day weekend ticket option. The response I got was there was issues scanning weekend tickets over multiple days. Never had a problem with mine, but there you go. I was disappointed there was no weekend ticket either.



Airshowhammer wrote:Over hyped PR, line up was pretty basic, weather was pants (can't be helped), loads of things on show that had nothing to do with it being an airshow, horrendously packed. I ended up leaving half way through. It looks like they're working on improving this year!


Were you there Sunday only? It was absolutely beautiful on the Saturday and not a cloud in the sky. Sunday got hit with quite a few showers and gray clouds all day.

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Absolutely awesome looking line-up... If Coronavirus causes a cancellation i'm going to train in microbiology and destroy the virus myself! :mad:

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Ticket booked. Great news. Come on Rafale and PDF!

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Another self confirm - The Stampe Formation Team flying 3 or 4 Stampe-Vertongen SV.4

https://stampe-formation-team.co.uk/events.php

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Does seem like the IWM have listened to last years criticism of the participation list. Shaping up well. :clap:

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