Flying Legends 2012 [Merged]

[FS~Lewis]

The Jolly Boys Outing...




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....

..lew...

[FS~Lewis]

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.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored...Cambridge.html

[KG26_Alpha]

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

[DD_crash]

Not long to go now

[JG52Uther]

Any news on the line up?

[DD_crash]

Old info but......

Flying participation announced for the 2012 Flying Legends Air Show

With only three weeks to go to this year’s Flying Legends Air Show on Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July, The Fighter Collection and IWM Duxford are delighted to announce some of the stunning aircraft that will be flying in this year’s extravaganza event.

Flying Legends sees the air show debut of The Fighter Collection’s Republic P-47G Thunderbolt 42-25068 ‘Snafu’, one of only two Curtiss-built examples left in the world. (See Editors Notes for a full aircraft biography).

The Sikorsky S-38 makes its UK debut at Flying Legends. An American twin-engine eight-seat amphibious aircraft, it was sometimes called ‘The Explorer’s Air Yacht’ and was Sikorsky’s first widelyproduced amphibious flying boat. In addition to serving with Pan American Airways and the United States Army, the Sikorsky S-38 was owned by numerous private individuals, including aviators Howard Hughes and Charles Lindbergh.

Making a welcome return following their debut UK air show appearance at Flying Legends last year is the Flying Bulls’ Lockheed P-38 Lighting and the Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair. The Flying Bulls’ stunning aerial performances will no doubt wow the crowds at Flying Legends.

Flying Legends is famous for presenting a unique combination of remarkable aircraft in superb aerial displays and this year is no different.

Over fifty aircraft will be participating, including two Hispano Buchon; eight Spitfires covering various marques, including two Mark One variants; three Hawker Sea Furies; three Hawk variants including the Hawk 75, the P40B and the P40F; three marques of YAK fighters; a Fiesler Storch and a Lysander. Three First World War aircraft – the Nieuport 17, Fokker DR1 and Sopwith Triplane - will fly together for the first time. The ever-popular Breitling Wingwalkers will perform as a two-ship display. And of course, there will be displays by the famous IWM Duxford-based B-17 Flying Fortress, Sally B and the PBY Catalina Miss Pick Up.

The legendary Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Supermarine Spitfire, Avro Lancaster and Hawker Hurricane will display on Saturday 30 June only, while on Sunday 1 July only the Aerostars perform stunning aerobatics.

[ElAurens]

three Hawk variants including the Hawk 75, the P40B and the P40F

I am very jealous.

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

Have a good time gents.

[Osprey]

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

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

[JG52Uther]

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

[Osprey]

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



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!