The commentator also implied that said mystery Fortress could be based in the UK – which begs the question of where! No space at Duxford for two Forts under winter maintenance.
Personally, I’d love to see a late “G” in the bare-metal scheme with some bright unit markings – which would make a lovely contrast to Sally B.

I also noticed the slightly muddled commentary on the BoB Hurricane, but as numptyism it was far out-weighed by the bad-tempered and foul-mouthed outburst of the man next to me on the flight line whinging about how the BBMF had been too inept and disorganised to send the promised Spitfire as well as the Hurricane. Not only that, but he’d been trying to see one particular Spit in a new scheme all season and he still hadn’t managed to see it, which apparently was all the BBMF’s fault for not serving him what he wanted on a plate. Rather than trying to patiently explain to him that the BBMF work incredibly hard with unreliable 80-year old aeroplanes, and still manage to do multiple displays a weekend, and that they’re not flying for his personal benefit just so he could take a few hundred more identical photos, I moved out of earshot. Some people just can’t be pleased, even on an immaculate summer’s day at OW.

The only blemish on an otherwise wonderful day. Highlights included getting to chat with the wonderful Tony Blackman on the Grub Street stand (what a gent!), one of the most outstanding solo warbird displays I’ve seen in 20 years of airshow-going (Stu Goldspink in Hurricane P3717 – just sublime!) and having waved to the crew of the Avro XIX doing circuits as I was walking back along the footpath to Biggleswade, getting a couple of personal low (and surprisingly fast) passes and (I fancy) a bit of a wing waggle 😀