Thing is, nice as the aircraft are, Hangar 11 Collection can be seen at many other UK shows of all sizes throughout the year. Personally, I prefer to see European warbirds at Legends over some of the UK based machines simply because you won’t see them elsewhere in the UK, and if you see them in Europe, chances are they won’t be flown in such an impactful way as they are at Legends (IMO). Shows like Hahnweide often attract things like the Jacquard warbirds, but display regs mean they are higher and far more distant than at Duxford. So if it’s a choice between them, I’d always go with the lesser seen aircraft.

To completely contradict myself, I would love to see a little Hurricane gathering at Legends again…

Legends is the best airshow in the UK, absolutely worth every penny and in my opinion, if you watch from the field, you’re attending a field, not Legends. The atmosphere is incredible and the show is, I genuinely believe, best viewed as intended. It’s the historic aviation enthusiast’s Christmas, if it doesn’t get your fires burning, nothing will!

Awesome surprise, btw. :applause:

Pretty much exactly 20 years since EP120 first flew after restoration at Audley End.

Crikey!

Am I right in saying it didn’t make its public/airshow début for another two years (I want to say Flying Legends ’96, flown by Dave Southwood as part of the 8-strong Spitfire sequence)?

The Global Aviation Resource review of the D-Day airshow linked below – some terrific photos from the boys!

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/05/28/d-day-70-pt-14-iwm-duxford-d-day-anniversary-air-show-review/

Really like the hangar shuffle shots, the Proctor in particular looks great with that background! Belfast Truss, boootiful.

I’m on jury service this week and hoping for an early release on Thursday/Friday so I can head up for arrivals. Expect more whooping. 😉

A great shame that SM845’s display at East Kirkby enjoyed part of the 30 minute band of lower cloud and rain that dropped itself into an otherwise sunny, if blowy, day – nevertheless, it was a terrific showing from Cliff Spink, and a teaser of what’s to come later in the year. Bravo, that man, for flying down from Humberside through what looked like some rather bumpy weather!

Superb!

A new press release covering the loan arrangements here: http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/02/20/aviation-news-raf-museum-hawker-typhoon-loaned-to-the-canada-aviation-space-museum/