14- BM597, EP120, MV293, PV202, PT462, JG891, X4650, AR213, N3200, MH434, EE602, SM845, TD248 & PL983.

SM845 and TD248 are based at Humberside but occasionally call into DX for maintenance. TD314 and NH341 are based at DX but regularly fly out of Sywell or Headcorn throughout the summer.

A handful of Soviet Hurricane’s were converted to twin-stick spec.

Yes.

‘The Shark’, ‘Miss Helen’, ‘Tall in the Saddle’ and ‘Miss Velma’ under a new guise once the repairs are complete. ‘Berlin Express’ is still lodging at Duxford with an uncertainty as to how long for. As mentioned previously, we do always seem to gain one or two more warbirds when we lose one (SL721 being a prime example), no matter how gutting it is losing such a historic P-51 to the UK airshow circuit.

Hmmmmmm

It’s container watch time!!!!

Most likely to be one of the horsemen I would imagine – most likely Steve as he is always here. Is young Stevo heritage flight certified? A fantastic young pilot and top lad as well!

“Stevo” Hinton is not a qualified USAF Heritage Flight pilot.

As for containers, I think the one for ‘Legends might have already been and gone. :very_drunk:

And what percentage – if I may ask – of the UK voting population is actually involved in going to, officiating at, and/or flying/maintaining/paying-for airshows? Miniscule is the answer. There is NOT “a very significant industry”. Therefore, it is a minority sport. So there is no overweening need to keep any of them in existence. Would save an awful lot of needlessly spent money. One could, possibly, exempt RIAT and Farnborough? They are, after all, not airshows but corporate bunfests where manufacturers and/or bankers try to flog NEW aircraft, as opposed to displaying OLD aircraft. And I speak as one who did a significant number of the very early IATs at Greenham (working 18-20 hr days/nights!).
HTH – but I know it won’t because minds that are already made up are not susceptible to reality!
Resmoroh

Minority sport?! You perhaps missed the memo that said airshows are the second most popular outdoor attraction in the UK. The first is football.

‘Write Your Soul’- composed specifically for the Horsemen flight team.