Despicable. Was at the Bomber Command Memorial Saturday afternoon and even a bunch of Bayern Munich fans paused just to have their picture taken in front of the memorial and carried on their merry way.
I’d like to praise the German supporters of both sides for the fantastic atmosphere all over the West End on Saturday.
That said, we know what the problem is currently in the UK and so do the Russian media judging by their comments in the wake of last weeks events.

Back to the memorial in Green Park, I’m sure it has CCTV, but whether they will be any use in this particular case i don’t know.

Full details of the Eagle Squadron formation – including aircraft histories, pilot details and an overview of the weekend’s plans – can be found in the Global Aviation Resource profile below. This should be pretty special…

IWM don’t want the flypast timings published in the piece itself, but the NOTAMS posted in this thread should give a good indication of where you want to be and when. Here’s hoping for blue skies, sun, and excellent, safe flying all weekend.

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/05/23/remembering-the-mighty-eighth-pt-4-profile-iwm-duxfords-eagle-squadron/

An absolutely superb article, thank you for the link.

‘Princess Elizabeth’ is the best looking high back…………until someone paints one as ‘Salem Representative’:eagerness:
‘Boise Bee’ looks great too.

Fantastic selection of photos of Princess Liz, especially for any modellers watching.
Thanks to all for posting them.

That’s a great shame, but for work I would have loved to have attended.
The Aerosuperbatics team are amongst the most professional on the air show circuit, and I love the way those Stearman are displayed………and yes, the girls are gorgeous and talented and I’m not afraid to admit it.

Believe me, the NMUSAF are fully aware of us at Bentwaters, especially over the past year or so. The current Director of the NMUSAF is an ex-81st TFW Hog driver!
We had a lot of help from the guys at Spang in trying to acquire one of the BDRT airframes for us. They were happy to help us. Guess who stopped it all though?!!!!

Graham

Not Barack O?

Just as an observation – these ate the BBMF stats for their Facebook page today : “13,764 likes · 2,639 talking about this”

This is the type of footprint the BBMF need if they are to continue to occupy a place in the nations thoughts for future generations and be agile enough to take on fresh ideas via things like social media.

With ever increasing pressure to curb government spending and for Whitehall to “think the unthinkable” – the BBMF have to be ready to face what ever challenges are thrown at them.

Could they end up being operated like the RN Historic Flight as a separate organization ?

Can they justify having all those Spitfires ?

Whatever the future brings – times are likely to become more challenging – not less.

I applaud the LLA for all they’ve done to assist the BBMF thus far and at the same time I think I can see why the BBMF now feel it’s time to stand alone and reshape how they are perceived by the general public.

Just my 50 pence worth ….. 🙂

As an aside, it makes me wonder that if ‘Just Jane’ ever returned to the air this would not go unnoticed by any future government and could put the BBMF under scrutiny.
“Do we need 2 flying Lancs?” They would most likely say in Whitehall.

Back on thread, I am genuinely saddened to see how the LLA chairman has been treated.

Love the BBMF’s Hurri in Tucks markings.
Great photos by the way, what a catch:cool: