The inaugural Flywheel Festival held at Bicester Heritage this year provided a welcome breath of fresh air for the UK events scene. The event very much had a more relaxed Revival feel with a great mix of car demonstrations and flying, with incredible access to both cars and aeroplanes. During WW2 Bicester was home to the … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #7 – Bristol Bicester
With the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain set to be a key theme for 2015, the RAF put together a very special routine for the anniversary year. As various anniversaries have passed over the years we have seen the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fighters pair up with the Typhoons for a number … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #6 – Synchro 75
The 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain was a central theme of the UK airshow scene and we have seen a number of memorable set pieces to commemorate the milestone. With aircraft such as the Bristol Blenheim returning to our skies we live in a golden age for early war types that would have … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #5 – Red 7’s UK Tour
70 years since the end of the Second World War is a hugely important anniversary and quite rightly formed a key theme at a number of airshows in 2015. With legendary ties to WW2 aircraft, Duxford was always going to be the focal point for these celebrations and a superb display was put together commemorating … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #4 – Duxford’s VE Day Tribute
The Shuttleworth Collection's first evening display of 2015 saw a memorable formation which saw the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Hurricane IIC and Spitfire V join the Collection's DH88 Comet for a series of passes. The Comet also performed in formation with the Collection's Mew Gull in an iconic racing pair.
The VE Day show at Duxford hosted a number of "Airshow moments", alongside the debut of the Blenheim, there was also the long awaited debut display from the Historic Aircraft Collection's Hawker Fury K5674. The Fury flew post-restoration back in 2012 but hasn't flown much since until early this year when flight testing began in … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #2 – A Furious First
The 25th November 2015 marked the 75th Anniversary of the first flight of the de Havilland Mosquito. This weekend saw the public debut of that original Mosquito following an extensive 5 year restoration at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre near Salisbury Hall, where the original Mosquito was constructed. As part of this special museum … Continue reading Mosquito Prototype W4050 Roll Out – 28th November 2015
I'll start this post by apologising for the slightly slower pace in updates to this site over the past couple of months. Since the airshow season has died down I seem to have been a little short on time to catch up on show reports and putting together longer articles. However, over the next few … Continue reading Warbird Tails “Coming Up”
I'll be putting together a full report on this wonderful day spent at Biggin over the next couple of weeks, but before it becomes a too distant memory I wanted to put up a shot of each aircraft. This post is very photo heavy but really conveys the impressive scale of the event. Especially when … Continue reading Biggin Hill Hardest Day Flypast – 18th August 2015 – The Aircraft
During the last few months I have profiled a number of the airworthy survivors of various historic types around the country. With this year marking the 75th Anniversary of the Battle Of Britain it seemed fitting to outline the UK's Spitfire population, this is no small task as there is now quite a large population … Continue reading UK Spitfires Part 1 – The “Baby” Spits MKs I-V
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