flypast mag reports on P51, P47, Spitfire etc at IWM.

Duxford 1996 Trio of Spitfires arrive

Duxford 1996 a pair of Spitfires arrive - flypast and land, could be BBMF. There were lots of these fine machines gathering for the special airshow an Duxford 1996 a pair of Spitfires arrive - flypast and land, could be BBMF. There were lots of these fine machines gathering for the special airshow anniversary that weekend, this was filmed on the Friday I think. more >> <<less

Duxford Spitfires

Warbirds in the workshop at IWM Duxford - Spitfire, P38, P51, Hurricane, etc.

Duxford - Spit & Harvard arrive then tour round workshop

duxford-two-seat-spitfire-take-off

Another one of those incredible flying duos. This was not part of an airshow but apparently for practical reasons. It was thought the Lightnings might Another one of those incredible flying duos. This was not part of an airshow but apparently for practical reasons. It was thought the Lightnings might meet up with adversary Spits - weird. I recall this never came to anything. more >> <<less

One of the most unusual, daring and elegant airshow `acts` a couple of decades ago was the pairing of two of RAF Coningsby`s denizens, the ADV Tornado One of the most unusual, daring and elegant airshow `acts` a couple of decades ago was the pairing of two of RAF Coningsby`s denizens, the ADV Tornado and BBMF Spitfire (Mk XIX). Saw this a couple of times and was awe-struck each time. Definitely one of the all time best airshow routines. Wonder if they will do it with the Typhoon and Spitfire. But wouldn`t it be sublime if there was an airworthy Hawker Typhoon that could fly with the its modern equivalent? I often wonder whether anyone thought about calling the jet Typhoon II. Maybe that would offend the parnter nations. On that subject the JSF should really be Lightning III maybe? How could they forget the RAF`s EE Lightning? I don`t. more >> <<less

Spitfires and Yak (?) at Duxford - lining up for the airshow several marks of Spitfire and the home P51 and then a Aerostars Yak flies in with a nice Spitfires and Yak (?) at Duxford - lining up for the airshow several marks of Spitfire and the home P51 and then a Aerostars Yak flies in with a nice victory roll and then we get a glimpse of the Rapide which gives pleasure flights (more of that in a later clip) BTW my very firt flight was in a plane like this. It was about 1980 at Sywell. What a debut, what an experience. Not long after it was the usual succession of air `buses` various Boeing and Douglas products and the odd Jetranger, glider and F27 etc. more >> <<less