Well it’s that time of year again, today marks the end of the 2016 Warbird Tails Advent. I’d like to take this time to wish all readers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’d also like to take the opportunity to thank you all for reading, liking, commenting and sharing this years posts and reviews. I look forward to continuing this website in 2017 and developing more ideas and creating more content for you all to enjoy. I want to make this site much more than airshow reviews and photos and I hope to continue the historical series I have started and add so much more.

As a bit of fun for this years final post I thought I’d have a go at replacing all of Santa’s reindeer with aircraft, a couple of these are a little tenuous but it’s all in the spirit of the season!

Dasher – Dash 7

I think this link speaks for itself, it’s also a chance for me to share this shot of the British Antarctic Survey Dash 7 arriving at Duxford on the Friday before Legends this year, certainly a rare sight this side of the atlantic.

 

Dancer – Cosmic Wind “Ballerina”

Where else would you look for a dancer than the elegant Cosmic Wind Racer – The Duxford based example is even named Ballerina – Perfect!

Prancer – Fauvel AV.36

I’ll admit this was one that I struggled with, in the end I decided the Fauvel’s unique aerobatic performances could easily be described as prancing and I’ll take any excuse to share a picture of this aircraft.

Vixen – Sea Vixen 

Enough said I think – This one was easy!

Comet – DH88 Comet

Another easy one here!

Cupid – Dove

I couldn’t think of another aircraft related to Cupid, so I decided a Dove would have to do!

Donner – Thunderbolt

Donner comes from the Dutch word for Thunder, so a P-47 seemed appropriate!

Blitzen – P-38 Lightning

Another Dutch word origin here – this time for Lightning namely the P-38

…and finally – Rudolph – Take your pick from this collection of Red-Nosed Aircraft: