Duxford American Air Show - 29/5/16

[CameronSys]

Hi all,

Well I got to Duxford in the morning and the cloud at the time and afternoon forecast were both very overcast. Cambridge was reporting a 300ft-400ft cloud base until about mid day. Very disheartening and I couldn't help but think that I chose the wrong day. First display goes up in the cloud, then one patch of blue passes and disappears, then another, and another, and then it was pretty much clear skies! So an amazing day with much better than expected weather.

A shame that the displays were more distant than in 2015 and topsides were next to non-existent but a good day nonetheless. Amyway, onto my photos from the Sunday of the Duxford American Air Show!

I quite enjoy watching the pleasure fliers in the morning before the displays, so a couple of Rapide shots!
1. G-AIDL Dragon Rapide - Duxford - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

2. HG691 Dragon Rapide - Duxford - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

Onto the displays...

3. Great War Display Team - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

4. 'Shark Mouth' P-51 - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

5. Sally B B-17 - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

6. Wartime Tribute - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

7. BBMF Pair - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

8. Twin Squirrel - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

9. Vintage Trainers - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

10. Stearman - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

11. Spitfire and Hurricane - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

12. Spitfire Mk.1A - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

13. Spitfire - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

14. Harvard Heritage - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

15. Tumbling Matador - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

16. Apache - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

17. Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

18. Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

19. Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

20. Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

21. UH-1H Huey - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

22. Bronco Demo Team - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

23. Bronco Demo Team - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

24. S-330 Skyvan - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

25. OV-10 Bronco - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

26. Simultaneous landings - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

27. Double Dakota - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

28. Aces High Dakota - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

29. Chromed Curtiss by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

30. A-6M Zero - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

31. Curtiss and Corsair - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

32. Wartime fighters by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

33. Wartime fighters by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

34. Chromed Curtiss by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

35. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

36. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

37. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

38. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

39. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

40. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

41. Red Arrows - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

And now the after-show departures:
42. Sporty Squirrel - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

Seeing the Osprey depart was a great surprise. And after the Reds finished it was a quick sprint over from the Tank Bank to see it go! It was also very interesting to be able to see inside it earlier in the day.

43. CV-22 Osprey - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

44. CV-22 Osprey - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

45. CV-22 Osprey - Duxford American Air Show - 29 May 2016 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

Thanks for looking,
Cameron

[LN Strike Eagle]

Nice shot of the chrome P-40 on the taxiway - just about as good as anyone could make it look.

[TBPhoto]

I got similar photos to your departure shots!
Take a look how similar the last two are compared to the last two of mine, oh and Red 10's departure!
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=73000

[CameronSys]

Thanks LN

Haha that's uncanny! Very similar shots of the Osprey and Squirrel departures. We must have been stood very close. A kind man let me kneel down to get shots - when I got to the Jet pan most spots were taken already.

[TBPhoto]

A kind old lady asked if I would like to squeeze in next to her, providing I didn't block her view

[MarkL]

A good set of shots

Really liking No.26, The Simultaneous Landing. Good job on a one-off opportunity


Mark