Duxford 5/05/2007 BBMF

*smiles hopefully and looks needy* 🙂

I took 900+ pics today so when i have got them off the camera i will post a couple up.

Yes please.

Perhaps if everybody posted their favourite photo from the day we could have a virtual display for those of us unable to get along?

Well what a great day it was, ok could have done with some more flying or a few more aircraft displaying but what there was, was great although the highlkight is either the spitfire/typhoon combo or the whole BBMF classic line up together.

I took 900+ pics today so when i have got them off the camera i will post a couple up.

It was also good to meet someone else from this forum , so thanks to phantom phixer and his mates for a great day, hope to see your collection soon.

curlyboy

Well, as long as they stay somewhere and don’t all have to queue up to use the Elsan in the Lanc!!! 😀

Have a great day today, people.

This might have been raised on another thread but a quick trawl did not find anything.

Where do all the pilots stay when their aircraft are on the DX field, is the Officers Mess habitable for personnel’s overnight or is it B & B’s and hotels?

Thanks.

Brian.

FIRST FLYING SECTION 1200 to 1235hrs.

BBMF Original Aircraft 4-ship
Spitfire XIX x 2 BBMF
Spitfire XIX Rolls Royce
Hurricane IIc BBMF

Old & New Formation Flypasts
Spitfire IIa BBMF
Typhoon 29 Sqn RAF

Solo Aerobatics
Typhoon 29 Sqn RAF

FLIGHTLINE WALK OPEN 1300 TO 1445 (last entrance at 1430)

SECOND FLYING SECTION 1600 to 1700

RAF Falcons Parachute Team
Dakota BBMF

Solo Display
Dakota BBMF

Synchro Pair
Spitfire & Hurricane BBMF

Anniversary Formation
Lancaster BBMF
Spitfire x 5 BBMF
Hurricane x 2 BBMF

Memorial Flight
Lancaster BBMF
Spitfire & Hurricane BBMF

Finale Flypast & Victory Roll
Spitfire BBMF

STAND AND DELIVER

We can always rely on you Stormin.

It’s all done for the best possible cause!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More A/C arriving tomorrow afternoon, from about 14.30 onwards. Weather permitting should be a good day on Saturday, see your there Moocher.

SAT 05/05

I will try to answer as many quires as poss!

Gates East car park open 0900 with possibly admissions too.
10.00 Museum Airfield open
Yes there will be Trade stalls to the west of the Tower

Two Display periods 1200-1230 approx and 1600-1700 (BST)
First display includes Typhoon the second does not (from issue 1 Program
with all of the usual disclaimers)

between the two Display periods a Flightline Walk is planed

As far as I can find out no practice sessions planed. Three Spits arrived today and did a routine before landing

Hope the doG has been of service.

Has anyone anymore news on this event, otherwise I shall ring DX tomorrow afternoon, find out more and post on here, I’m stumped as to what time to arrive. The Hungarians are beside themselves and already preparing cameras.
Unfortunately they have invited us over for a barbie tomorrow night which means much drink over the whole day for them, it takes that long for the pot of goulash to be cooked, so I’m concerned about their state of health on saturday morning. My missus says I’ve got to drive tomorrow, as she wants to join in the ancestral fun, which is a good idea in order for me to keep a cool head on saturday.

Not sure about other sales outlets, but the BBMF sales trailer will be in attendance, and I hope that their will be chances galore to get autographs from all of us on the day.

STAND AND DELIVER

We can always rely on you Stormin.

Rehearsal/preview

Does anybody know if there will be any rehearsal/preview on Thurs or Friday.
i can’t get there on Saturday

Another point does anybody know if any of the regular airshow/model sellers will be at Duxford on the 5th ?

Not sure about other sales outlets, but the BBMF sales trailer will be in attendance, and I hope that their will be chances galore to get autographs from all of us on the day.

Thanks Fluffy, it’ll be good to see Morcambe and Wise again.:diablo: 😀

Good gal is my missus:D

may I suggest, Kenbo old chap, that you cease calling your good gal ‘the present Mrs. Buckshot’ as it sounds rather like you change models regularly, and ladies don’t take too kindly to that sort of inference…..

Oh yes….! it’ll be the first proper outing with my xmas pressie from the present Mrs Buckshot…
me 350D+tamron 75-300mm.
cannon 55-200mm.
cannon 35-80mm.
cannon 18-55mm

She even bought me a 2gb memory card!

Good gal is my missus:D

and rich – where did you find her, has she got a sister? 😀 😀 😀

Roger Smith.

Shiney and Clive are the extra pilots for the event

BBMF say that for the mass flypast they will need extra current pilots to fly all the fighters, do we know who the guest pilots will be? I would have thought Bob Judson and Shiney Simmons would fit the bill as they are still RAF. and both still pretty current.
I also noticed from HAC’s web site that Shiney is missing from their pilot line up this year, surely one of the BBMF’s more carasmatic ex pilots needs to be displaying warbirds.

I guess that the people who run the Duxford are simply civil servants and will be working thier normal Saturday hours. In affect the BBMF are the same as any other corparate sponsor who has highered the airfield for the weekend. No special arrangements would be made for early openning unless somebody (BBMF ?) would be prepared to pay for them or suitably trained volunteers were available to help out. I would guess that the additional entrance fee is designed to cover for extra manning costs, or are BBMF getting a share ? I assume that BBMF would have prefered to have had the show at Coningsby but security and space would be an issue.

Another point does anybody know if any of the regular airshow/model sellers will be at Duxford on the 5th ?

I e.mailed them earlier this week,about advance tickets,and I’m still waiting for a reply!!!! 😡 😡

Ken.

I never got a reply about advance tickets either! I’ll just have to get them on the day….asuming I can get in of course!

On a normal day, the gates to the site are opened at 0930 with the museum opening at 1000. I don’t think the people at DX realise how well attended this event is going to be.

Brian