That’s a superb video, and a fitting tribute to your wonderful work. Long may it continue!

Duxford’s Vulcan arrived and landed safely on exactly the same length of runway that they have now, not shorter. If its deemed not good enough for another Vulcan then i can only assume thats based on condition, not length!

Rob

I thought that XJ824 (like the Victor and B-52) arrived before the shortening of the runway which was a consequence of building the M11?

Quite, and it’s worth stopping for a moment to remember just what the UK airworthy preservation movement does already have from the post-war era. Hunters, Vampires, Venom, Sea Vixen, Sea Hawk, Jet Provosts, Gnats, Canberra PR9 nearly ready… all flying in the airshow circuit!

Perhaps it’s time we stopped hungering after more and appreciate/ support what we’ve got…?

Worth it? Of course. There are plenty of us too young to have seen one first time around…

Thirded. Only my second Shuttleworth visit, and this time it really did live up to the visions I had of a glorious evening with rotary engined types pottering round the circuit in soft golden light! Really nice mix of types too, and after Flying Legeds the commentary was like a breath of fresh air.

Difficult… it could be a Blenheim V, but equally I couldn’t rule out a JU88. Do you know for sure that the a/c was hostile?

She looks in excellent condition, and it’s great to see this important aeroplane getting a nice warm indoor space!