Flying Legends 2012 [Merged]
 

Anyone going? Probably the best, certainly the biggest airshow in Europe!

http://www.fighter-collection.com/

I'm there definitely.

As a Friends of Duxford member I have some nice extras that day :)

There's going to be some squad members from Il2 1946 also, so should be a nice meet up.

I haven't missed one since 2003, although there's a fair chance this year I might be on the other side of the fence :mrgreen:

It is the airshow I would like to go the most. I miss since 2009, no chances to go this year, please shot some nice pics for those like me who rest at home!!cheers

Plan is to be down there on the Sunday at the moment. Should be good, though it's a shame it's on the same weekend as RIAT

about 15-17 Dangerdogz will be there (again, lol).

beer friday night, airshow saturday, beer saturday night, crawl home sunday......

Hi Kup,
Are you going from Gloucestershire? I'll be off with Wedge on the Saturday, stay the evening and meet up with some of the squadron for a night in Cambridge before going to the Sunday show next day. If you're doing that then we're up for a liftshare.

Os

Plan at the moment is to drive up at early oclock Sunday morning and kip with family up that way Sunday evening after the show to avoid the rush home, we'll see if that sticks though. If it doesn't, we'll let you know!

Not sure if I'm doing Sat or Sunday yet. Might hang around in the Classic Wings enclosure.

Classic wings? as in Air atlantique? do you have an association with them? I used to work for them.

One of the Duxford groundcrew is in JG52, I have shared a few drunken evenings with them at Duxford...

Yeah sure, no probs. Well our lot will meet up and grab our usual watching spot so bring your chairs :)

Will do :) Where do you normally go?

Have they finished work on the Spit and Sea Hurri at Shuttleworth?

I'm going! Biggest treats are Spit I P9374 and Snafu! Cannot wait. Will be with my girlfriend though.

Might be a nice treat...
 

hmmmm

Whats involved with the Gold Pass's? (nevermind, found the info)

Will have to see if the gf wants to go :P

Cheers

One day I will make the trip across the pond to see this show.

:cool:

O one more thing
 

Just out of interest, if i cant make both days

Is one day better than the other? or just about the same?

Cheers

There is a full flying display list somewhere. Sometimes each day might have an exclusive flight or two, but generally they are the same.

I've always preferred the Sunday though. Something about being there for the ending. Normally the weather is acceptable on both days but this can't be predicted obviously.

And if you ever do make it, despite that we have not seen eye to eye on many things, i'll be more than happy to buy you a pint of Spitfire:-)

Flying or ground crew? Wow, you're soooo lucky!

It would be an honour to share a pint with you sir.

It's been 40 years since I was last in England. (I was 18 then). I do miss a good pint at the local. Oddly enough I was in Cambridge, not that far from Duxford.

Will let you know, not here because we know a good spot and I don't want it bagged by No.56 and No.79 ;)


Seriously, why not an IL2 CoD meeting point anyway, cross squad. Would be fun :)

I remember meeting some of EAF a few years ago, they made it easy by all wearing squad T-shirts!
DD's as well, with BG :(

BG will be there in spirt (and in cut out)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...4647_thumb.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...4951_thumb.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...4789_thumb.jpg

:)

I normally join the audience, because most of my friends don't have the access I would and to avoid the unpleasant carousel of who to bring in with you (can do 1, not 6). Besides it became a sort of tradition, which is very good.

The guys I fly with aren't too keen on Flying Legends after a couple of hairy moments they had in the past during the Balbo (and particularly what happened last year to BBD), but I might have convinced them to fly in this year (albeit not taking part to the display), as u can imagine there's quite a difference between being at the airshow and being the airshow ;)

Booked!
 

Ok so im coming along on saturday!!!

See you all then ;)

Hehe great cut out of the late BG

Look forwards to meeting you DD's

Meanwhile >>

Bit of promo vid

http://www.iwm.org.uk/node/1632?ajax...720&height=405




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQxrHFDRV-0

I really had hoped to go this year as I have never been, but I have a job on the Saturday that starts at 10.00am and finishes at 10.00pm and the client needs all the pictures back by Monday morning, so I'm editing all day Sunday......gutted :(

Maybe next-year....but I will go...oh-yeas...I will go! ;)

Cheers, MP

Duxford Flying Legends Meet 2012
 

The Jolly Boys Outing...

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/dux09104.jpg


Well folks its that time of year again when we rally the troops and get some interest going for the 'Duxford Flying Legends Airshow'..Europes Largest Gathering of Warbirds..

The dates this year are...Saturday 30 June 2012 – Sunday 1 July 2012

This will be our 5th year........Beers, WW2 aircraft, Good Company...It doesn't get much better than that!

Here's 2011 trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWPiasFlKJw

and 2010 trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBVoulfWdU




The tickets this year are £30 per adult (in advance)n or £34.50 (on the day)

Here's the link to the Duxford website....



http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/flying-legends


Every year we camp in a very lovely campsite in Cambridge. A free bus service takes us to the airshow on Saturday morning and in the evenings we share a taxi into Cambridge to get bladdered (drunk)...We camp Friday and Saturday night and leave Sunday afternoon...

Here's the address to the campsite, telephone number and link to the campsite website...


19 Cabbage Moor
Great Shelford
Cambridge
CB22 5NB

01223 841185


http://camping.uk-directory.com/Camb..._Site_2721.php


If anyone is interested and doesn't have a tent then don't worry, if you can get to Cambridge with a sleeping bag, beer and Airshow money I am sure we can fit you in one of our tents.... :D

..lew...

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Thanks Alpha....

For anyone that is around on the Friday night we all go to 'The Eagle' Pub in Cambridge.....The pilots bar and the ceiling is well worth a looksee....its covered in WWII pilots graphitti...

http://www.ocellated.com/wp-content/...90710_3955.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored...Cambridge.html

I merged the threads for some clarity of who's going and perhaps a mass meeting this year.

:)

Not long to go now :)

Any news on the line up?

Old info but......

I am very jealous.

I'd love to see an early Hawk in flight.

Have a good time gents.

Stars of the show for me this year will be the Thunderbolt :D

Hope our crappy weather doesn't screw it up - we're having yet another storm pass over us, about the 10th in the past 3 months :(

Forecast is currently looking ok. Lets hope for some sun.

I'm not so sure, this is worrying. This is Thursday......

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/d...ts/TimeStep/72

That's one mother of an occlusion just a day or 2 away, but I hope that blocking anticyclone over the Alps can hold it off.



EDIT: Nice one Met Office, they use the same image names so this is no longer the one I posted!

A worrying dose of rain late Friday, but the weekend looks pretty good at the moment. Hopefully the rain won't move forward, so Sunday looks like the best day at the moment. Enjoy yourselves. See you down there one year.

What are the chances of getting tickets this late?

Buy them at the gate Krupi!

Are you going dude?

Planning on Saturday.

Okay well if i go I will be going down with my old man and brothers, we will have to meet up?

Regarding tickets, are you guaranteed to get one or does it fill up very quickly?

Pretty much guaranteed.

Hood

Thanks hood.

I was hoping to see a 109 or 190 but beggars can't be choosers ;)

You'll see a couple of Buchons...;)

:evil:

Ugh. Sometimes there is a nice suprise. I am hoping there will be a nice one this year...

Hood

I hope that the supid commentator from across the channel doesnt make it this year. He really is a pain.

Nobody says "propellor" quite like him.

Hood

My brother was there today putting up a hospitality unit, a couple of early pics! ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Uther/spit.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/building.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...er/corsair.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...2Uther/p40.jpg

The French guy? He's great, he romances every aircraft he talks about, and overstates French involvement too lol

Here's the Sunday weather, looking good, that evil front is passing over us today :)

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/d...ts/TimeStep/96


Note that this is good at time of posting. Met Office update images and keep the same name so this will always be 96 hours ahead of today

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...114038&page=37

SWEET!

Fab today, spent the show in the Classic Wings enclosure. Anyone going tomorrow, enjoy!

Had a great day there today ... The Frenchman was back !

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ord2012jpg.jpg

Oh IvanK, me too!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10668862/Foto/IMG_4902.jpg

Great show. Did you fly in there?

Great time as ever, got lots of vids now that i need to do something with though!

Heres a little one of the take off, getting ready for the Balbo on the saturday that i've uploaded already (in glorious 1080p Samsung Galaxy s3 ftw!),

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWXtB2qhwIw

Nice vid mate, that with the s3 then? Puts some dedicated camera's to shame

4 from me:

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...ak2landing.jpg

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...01Tom/P51s.jpg

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...1Tom/P38-1.jpg

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...fishsalute.jpg


Its a shame the WWI stuff didn't fly. And I cannot believe they let the guy fly at Old Warden as the wind was so strong. If it was a wind-induced crash then it was crazy. Still tragic though.

Hood

Classic Wings grounded their Tiger Moths on Saturday because of the wind conditions, somebody mentioned 40 mph gusts...

@Hood; Outstanding pictures!!

+1, they are simply beautiful:)

Spitfires anyone, (Griffon Spits, one of my favourite sounds in the world!!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2T2C...ature=youtu.be

Saturday 30th
 

Hey all

Was a great day! I have sun burn all over my face (dont go out much :P)

Need more practice taking photos! But i did manage to get a few good shots!

Here's one i uploaded on FB (not currently at home)

Cheers

Man I wish I could have gone, hopefully next year :(

I got your text message Krupi, but I was having too much fun to answer! :grin:

:evil:

Snafu and Sally B together,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnBCY...ature=youtu.be

And a Fury for good measure, (one of the best displays of the day imo).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8-I...ature=youtu.be

and a Lancaster thrown in for even more good measure, always a pleasure to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF0w1...ature=youtu.be

Yes the fury with the wingsmoke was just fantastic!

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Awesome picture. Tht's a scary closed formation for high powered piston's engines planes!

Thx for sharing. Although You shld add a copyright on that one imo.

Seems you are talking abt a crash, what happened ?

PS: yes the French speaker can be really annoying... even in French (he is covering much of the airshow on that side of the channel too since nearly the last 20 years !)