Very true.

The Battle of Britain is still very well commemorated to this day and there are plenty of parents who will introduce their children to this event in our history through airshows etc.
As for the people who know of such events and choose to dismiss them as glorifying war etc ,I don’t care about their opinions anyway.

With kinder weather today the BBMF and BHHH would have been out and about, instead we shall remember with our Battle of Britain DVD’s, books and BoB You tube clips…………and with a pint of Spitfire! Cheers 😎

Presumably if the data plate is found it will be a case of ‘next stop Sandown-IoW’:p

Very sad news but a life and flying career very well lived.

Lovely vid , when I saw the Spit and Hurri join up I thought the BBMF really do need a Mossie!
#doubleeuromillionsrollover

I thought they were easier to fly and more forgiving , they are also the first of the fighters of the BBMF that the newly qualified display pilots fly before adding the Spitfires to their flying CV’s.

TFC P-47 and P-51 Cancelled from Shoreham :confused:

It’s still showing as TFC owned on G-INFO, but I’m not sure how quick that updates changes of ownership.
The Shoreham cancellation is ‘interesting’ though.
Every aeroplane is available for a price, Peter Teichman managed to prize the P40 away a few years back.

What a fantastic day’s flying. Thought that it was all very well choreographed with no boring lulls in the flying. Only thing that I wasn’t so enamoured with was the French guy’s commentry. He could have sent a glass eye to sleep.

One thing that I’d be interested in is a list of who flew what if there’s one available.

Mike

PS Many thanks to those who have, and are probably about to put pictures of the display up on the site.

Ok, I’ll be honest, after previously coming to the defence of Monsieur Chabbert , he was starting to slightly irritate me yesterday until I thought of some of the alternatives we could have had.

A great show, Stephen Greys penultimate public display caused me to sweat profusely from the tear ducts especially when Pink Floyd came on.
Too many other highlights but a special mention to the Curtiss family and especially ‘Little Jeanne’ who won my ‘Ray Hanna Trophy’ for the lowest altitude flown during the display.