Could surely only be topped by adding a canberra. Sounds like it will be awesome.

Vulcan just passed over my back garden in Suffolk looking glorious in the sunshine – on the way to or from Clacton. Not sure what time her slot is.

That site is a bit before my time but i guess the shows you see as a kid leave a mark. My parents kindly dropped off a box of books the other day. On digging through it included the programmes of the first airshows I went to as a kid. I’d forgotten some of them but not some of the performances. First up was Duxford 77 & 78 featuring the B17 before she was Sally B, a Vickers Varsity and a number of Moths. Also, Duxford before the M11! I really remember the pre safety displays where the jets came in from behind and over the crowd, usually on a fast run so you didn’t hear them coming. F111, F4 and the Vulcan.
Next were the Mildenhall programmes – air fete 78, then 80, 81, 83, 84 & 85. Nearly all works coach trips from my dad’s company. Got to remember walking in one end of a C5 and out of the other end. Cockpit visits on C130s. The sound of lightning and Dutch F104 displays, not to mention seeing a Blackbird fly.
Have most of the display lists to look through as well. Should keep me busy reading through.

Put a mention in for Wethersfield or Honington – would be good to see a museum linked to the 8th and the raf with a flyable field. I know the raf regiment still have Honnigton so that is currently off the table. Bentwaters wasn’t as operational in ww2 as other fields, but does represent the cold war. Duxford covers raf fighter command, and Lincolnshire was the spiritual home of raf bomber command. Its a shame that Wethersfield has only relatively recently lost its tower and other buildings. Alconbury seems to have had development plans linked to it (stand to be corrected there), the army have helicopter in Wattisham and Woodbridge, and Coltishall has gone to the Council and will surely not have a future as a museum. All that leave East Anglia rather short of potential good sites.

What is the supply of Avon engines like? Does the Canberra share an interchangable variant with the hunters, sea vixen etc?