The WWII formation wasn’t quite up to Legends Balbo standards, but the 2 B-17’s and 2 B-25’s in formation where impressive, let’s hope they do that at Legends (the B-17’s have never flown in formation at Legends).

Various a/c have turned up today, the contra-prop Spitfire was impressive when it went up to display this afternoon, and the close formation flying from Princess Elizabeth and Twilight Tear was very tight. The SAAB B-17 is quite aerobatic and put on a good show, if the pilot puts on the same show at the weekend it looks like the better photos will be taken down at the Land Warfare Hall end of the airfield (I was watching it from home and seemed to be lower and closer at that end…)

I also saw the French Skyraider turn up after I got home. I’ll post some pictures later if I get time, no doubt there be plenty of other people posting photos too!

I don’t know who was up in the P-40, but it looked like Steve Hinton in the P-39.

It’s been a busy afternoon at DX today, the weather cleared mid-afternoon, too late for the flypast practice today, it felt like the Friday before Legends today…

The SAAB B-17 is here, there’s been a few aircraft flying (TFC’s P-40, Swiss B-17, Dakota, the Polikarpov, Catalina). TFC’s P-39 taxied out, but stopped, shut down and then started up and taxied back (it looked to me like it was leaking something out of the starboard wing?). Twilight Tear was pulled out of the hangar just before I left.

I might post some photos later if I have time.

There was something vaguely vintage and twin-engined that turned up earlier, not sure what it was but it was similar-ish (a very big ish!) to a Dakota.

With Pink Lady here early, is there a bad weather forecast for the next couple of days? Some foreign participants have arrived early before for that reason.