As this this series of season high points comes to a close, is a look at the debut season of the Hurricane Heritage fleet being displayed by their owner, James Brown. The Hurricane Heritage brand is now a familiar name in the historic aviation scene, having been the operator of Hurricane Mk I R4118 since … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2021 Number 9 – Hurricane Heritage Debuts
I've said it before and I'll say it again, for the first six months of 2020 I was convinced we would not see a single airshow. The announcement of the Shuttleworth Collection starting their season off with an evening drive in event was incredible news. Even better was the announcement that John Romain would be … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2020 – NHS Spitfire Debut at Old Warden
Over the advent period I have been posting up an Airshow Moment on each day from what was a season full of highlights. Out of those 20 I posted, I have outlined the following below as my personal top 10 of the year. Bristol Blenheim 2015 saw a number of new acts make their first … Continue reading Warbird Tails Top 10 Airshow Moments 2015
This years Warbird Tails advent will take on a slightly different feel to last year, rather than a series of full posts this December will focus on a series of Airshow Moments from across the season. This will all build to my season highlights and a top 10 from 2015. There will be a few … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #1 – The Blenheim’s Debut
Amidst the countless other unique highlights that the 2014 airshow season brought, there has been one important aircraft that I have not yet mentioned. After 6 years on the ground The Fighter Collection’s Grumman Hellcat took to the skies over Duxford once again. With the 2013 season over all of the Fighter Collections fleet, save … Continue reading Hellcat’s Return
“That was the greatest display I have ever seen.” That sentence, or words to that effect have come out of my mouth at almost every show I’ve seen this year, from the Canberra at Abingdon, right through to the DH88 Comet and Mew Gulls at Old Warden. I can’t recall a season where it has … Continue reading 2014 – A Bumper Year for airshows
With the last show of the season now behind us, attention turns to the 7-month gap we now face until the airshow season picks up again in May. With that in mind I’ve put together my top 5 tips to help the airshow goer through the winter months: Visit Your Local Airfield: It may not have … Continue reading Airshow Moments: Off Season Survival Tips
Often the highlight of the display season, this years Flying Legends airshow at Duxford, looked to be especially good. With one of the strongest line-ups in years already announced about a month before the show, not many people were expecting much more to be added. But just a few weeks before the show, the Fighter … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2014: Boeing P-26 Peashooter at Flying Legends
For this weeks Airshow Moment, I follow the season through to the first Duxford show of the year and their D-Day Celebrations. More specifically, the impressive gathering of C-47 Skytrains/Dakotas: If there is one thing Duxford can do well, it is World War 2 displays, being home to the one of the biggest collections of … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2014 – Dakota Gathering: Duxford 24-25th May
As the season draws to a close, I thought it might be a good idea to take a look back at the season just gone and pick out some of the key moments from the year. I'll start with this from the first show of the year, the debut display by Midair Squadrons Canberra PR.9 XH134. After … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2014 – Canberra PR.9 XH134 at Abingdon
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