Civilian Aviation

A few hours kip on Saturday night after my journey back from Antalya and it was off to Duxford early for the 2nd day of the autumn show, themed on the Battle of Britain 75th anniversary. It was a sell out and fortunately I had ordered tickets before my holiday so it was into the FoD enclosure to get front row seats with brother and friend and then taking it in turns to tour the flightline before the display started - a steady stream of Classic Wings flights provided entertainment and some photo practice.
I thought it was a great show throughout and the highlight without doubt was the 17 Spitfire scramble followed by flypasts and tail chases, far far better than the Biggin event that I went to a month or so ago. A good selection of aircraft, mainly warbirds although there were a couple of genuine military items - the Chinook was spectacular to say the least and the BBMF flypast with the Red Arrows (followed by the Reds display) was a great end to the show. It might be small but it performs very well, not what the actress said to the bishop but my summary of the Calidus gyrocopter, I've seen it 4 times this year and every time I've enjoyed it.

Well done Duxford and on with some photo, the descriptions on my flickR album give most of the civil regs BTW.......

Classic wings keeping busy
0234 dragon rapides sepia by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0426 tiger moths mono by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3440 tiger moth R4922 aka G-APAO by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0236 harvards by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some from the flightline walk...
0295 NA-64 Yale 3349 aka G-BYNF by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0308 blenheim mono by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0385 stearman by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0243 G-ULUL Calidus autogyro by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0258 glider by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0355 waiting for the call sepia by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4820 spitfire line up by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0239 bucker jungmann G-BASJ by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and some of the flying.....

superb sight..
4504 flypast 17 spitfires by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4495 flypast 11 spitfires by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3966 stampe by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4175 B.17 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3845 jungmann, stampe & tiger moth by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4386 spitfires by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3859 Blenheim ,LS by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4897 spitfire RR232 aka G-BRSF by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I tried hard to make the pics look authentic 1940s types but got a bit fed up with the freeloaders on the naughty fields in bright coloured shirts upsetting the authenticity, for goodness sake if you must go in the naughty fields at least wear camouflage so you don't stick out like a sore thumb on my pics please...
4162 B.17 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4265 DH.87 hornet moth G-AELO by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3583 buchons by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3480 dragon rapide HG691 aka G-AIYR by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

another superb sight...
4930 BBMF & Red Arrows by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and to finish, some of the pilots (thank you for a great show guys) - they all got a great applause from the crowd...
3706 Spitfire N3200 aka G-CFGJ pilot wave by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

4662 spitfire pilot by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

3667 buchon pilot by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

hope you like them , loads more in my flickR album https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 056251243/

C&C welcome
andy

Nice set Andy. I was there on Saturday, but unfortunately was a few rows back from the fence line. Which meant I couldn't get any take off or low passes shots ! I must admit I'm not one to camp out at the fence line from seven in the morning, but can usually find a place up front an hour before the show starts. I suppose the sheer amount of people there made the difference. Any how Andy, all your pics are a good 'un.

WOW stunning pics mate and some very are very nostalgic.

I really love the one of the guys under the spit wing having a laugh officers and ground crew all together the shot is so natural and this was exactly what it was like in 1940 the ground crew and pilots had such a fantastic bond and to think how young these pilots were makes you wonder.

bet you had a massive lump in your throat when all them spits and hurris flew past I no I would have been struggling to keep it together.