Duxford this weekend anyone?

[pistonlager]

There were no problems with parking down that country lane to the West of the runway,
16 Merlins sounded absolutely amazing, what a sound, almost welled up, WOW.

[Blackpig2]

Its the first time in a quite a few years I,ve seen that track opened. Its usually closed for the emergency access. Never seen so many on the A505 verges either on the Saturday. 30,000+ according to the staff.
Glad I wasnt on that duty..

[Simpo Two]

You'd get some interesting looks if you dressed as Biggles and walked up the verge, looking a bit dazed clutching an opened parachute and a joystick... probably blag your way in too!

[bertie]

I went Saturday , fantastic, 16 spitfires in the air at once!!!

And the euro fighter was mighty impressive.

I was lucky enough to fly in but I understand the roads were very busy and there were some issues.

Anyone get any good pics?

Edited by bertie on Monday 6th September 19:49

[DamienB]

More here

[bertie]

DamienB said:

More here

Wow, some stunning pics there!

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

[pistonlager]

bertie said:

DamienB said:

More here

Wow, some stunning pics there!

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

Empty Seats!!!!! How could anyone not want want to jump in the 2nd seat in the Spitfires.

[Simpo Two]

And FOUR Hurricanes. I didn't know there were so many.

Excellent photos.

[bertie]

pistonlager said:

bertie said:

DamienB said:

More here

Wow, some stunning pics there!

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

Empty Seats!!!!! How could anyone not want want to jump in the 2nd seat in the Spitfires.

Empty seats??? Eh? I think you misunderstood!

I just wondered if he had any pics of the people flying in on Saturday

[bertie]

pistonlager said:

bertie said:

DamienB said:

More here

Wow, some stunning pics there!

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

Empty Seats!!!!! How could anyone not want want to jump in the 2nd seat in the Spitfires.

Empty seats??? Eh? I think you misunderstood!

I just wondered if he had any pics of the people flying in on Saturday

[bertie]

pistonlager said:

bertie said:

DamienB said:

More here

Wow, some stunning pics there!

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

Empty Seats!!!!! How could anyone not want want to jump in the 2nd seat in the Spitfires.

Empty seats??? Eh? I think you misunderstood!

I just wondered if he had any pics of the people flying in on Saturday

[bertie]

pistonlager said:

bertie said:

DamienB said:

More here

Wow, some stunning pics there!

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

Empty Seats!!!!! How could anyone not want want to jump in the 2nd seat in the Spitfires.

Empty seats??? Eh? I think you misunderstood!

I just wondered if he had any pics of the people flying in on Saturday

[simonrockman]

I went on Sunday, avoided the M11 - I went up the A1(M) and A505. The roads were clear until a mile from the entrance. I missed the car park and pulled off to turn around but a chap in a yellow vest waved me into the Officers Mess car park which was at the foot of the pedestrian bridge.

The Red Arrows were fantastic, helped a lot by the cometary. The F16 painfully loud. My 14 year old was very excited by the Mustangs. It's a bit of a shame they didn't have a genuine Me109 - they had a Spanish equivalent with a merlin engine.

The spitfires at the end were incredible. It was quite expensive at £80 (one adult, on OAP and three kids). But great.

Who was the PHer with the White Audi A8 outside the Land Warfare exhibit?

Simon

[aeropilot]

simonrockman said:

It's a bit of a shame they didn't have a genuine Me109 - they had a Spanish equivalent with a merlin engine.

Considering that the only airworthy genuine Me109's are in Canada/USA it's perhaps not surprising

[aeropilot]

Simpo Two said:

And FOUR Hurricanes. I didn't know there were so many.

There's actually 6 airworthy Hurricanes in the UK, and currently a total of 12 worldwide.

[Eric Mc]

aeropilot said:

simonrockman said:

It's a bit of a shame they didn't have a genuine Me109 - they had a Spanish equivalent with a merlin engine.

Considering that the only airworthy genuine Me109's are in Canada/USA it's perhaps not surprising

There is at least one Daimler Benz powered 109 in Germany (it's a Hispano Buchon wich has been "back engineered" to 109G standard).

Thwe only flying Battle of Britain era 109Es are in the US.

[Simpo Two]

aeropilot said:

Simpo Two said:

And FOUR Hurricanes. I didn't know there were so many.

There's actually 6 airworthy Hurricanes in the UK, and currently a total of 12 worldwide.

Would Hawker Resorations be behind most of them? I had a tour round there - absolutely astonishing.

[aeropilot]

Simpo Two said:

aeropilot said:

Simpo Two said:

And FOUR Hurricanes. I didn't know there were so many.

There's actually 6 airworthy Hurricanes in the UK, and currently a total of 12 worldwide.

Would Hawker Resorations be behind most of them? I had a tour round there - absolutely astonishing.

Certainley responsible for a majority of the recent flyers - yes.

[DamienB]

bertie said:

Anything from the folks flying in Saturday??

Sorry Bertie, no. Stuck on the M11 for ages and then not allowed off the Duxford junction so had to go all the way down to Stansted to turn around and watch the show from a field, missing the first few acts!

[pistonlager]

Sorry Bertie, I think we've got our wires crossed, I zoomed in on the 2 seaters,
There was an empty seat, I would have happily ponced a lift, it'll be a good few years till we see that many
planes in formation I reckon.