Brenden. As you are coming all that way, you could also consider going up in a Tiger Moth before the airshow begins (on either day). I volunteer with Classic Wings and we operate ‘trial flights’ in the morning. You get a c. 15 minute flight and have a go yourself whilst up there. You get to take off and land at Duxford and see the flight line, etc., from the air. The Classic Wings marquee is usually somewhere in front of the American Hangar. As for cost, I do not know what the charge will be this year, but it is around £150 plus the cost of the video if you want it. If you want the lot budget for c. £200. It sounds a lot (and is to many people), but the people I help put in the planes all seemed really happy with the experience. If you don’t fancy the Tiger Moth, you and wife could go for a trip in the Dragon Rapide. This is cheaper and includes a fly over the airfield and is a similar period of c. 15 minutes. In the Rapide you can take your own camera (you can’t in the Moth) and take your own pics of the airfield from the air. Whatever you decide, I am sure you will enjoy it.

Very difficult, but I have always liked the Mk VIII as the pinnacle of the Merlin powered machines, but love the Mk I for its ‘purity’.
In terms of Griffon powered machines the Mk XIV and Seafire 17 are my favourites.

The Crown Inn at Little Walden (http://www.thecrownlittlewalden.co.uk/) has photos on its walls of RAF Little Walden/Hadstock from when the USAAF were there. Food and beer usually quite good and still retains much of its rustic charms.

Oops forgot about Anna Walker.

Is it that Carolyn and Liz are both checked out for the two-seaters?

Anyway, Liz is an excellent pilot and as pointed out by Dave, she is in the Harvard display team and is a Air New Zealand captain, and I believe she owns a flying club at Ardmore and is a CFI – busy lady.

I am a bit of a lurker on this forum. I enjoy reading many of the threads, but as I do not have anything useful to add I do not generally get involved.

Thanks to this thread I have signed up to this course and am looking forward to find out how it develops.

Hi

I rarely post here (just noted – this is my first post!), but enjoy reading most of what appears.

I was also at Little Gransden yesterday – been meaning to go for ages and finally made it. What a great show. A great mix and some fine flying.

I have put a few shots I took in Flickr and for anyone interested they can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63405925@N08/sets/72157646423425017/

I have done aeros in a Slingsby and am glad the pilot (ex-RAF!) did not try some of the stuff we saw yesterday, but it was great to watch.

Really moving to have the Lancs come over with perfect timing at the end of the remembrance part.

The Vulcan was great. Just as it came in my wife asked “what is a Vulcan?”, I told her she would soon find out. When it roared she nearly jumped out of her skin!

Also really nice that the commentators said enough, but not too much, and let the aircraft speak for themselves.

Stephen