Flying Legends 2018

Micdrow · Jul 24, 2018

Sweet shots

Crimea_River · Jul 25, 2018

Excellent Karl!

Airframes · Jul 25, 2018

Thanks chaps - and great shots there Red Two !

Coming to the finale of the show, as the two-seat Sea Fury taxis out to perform 'The Joker' slot, keeping the crowds entertained whilst the mass taxy out and assemble for the closing highlight, the large 'Balbo' formation, seen in the next post.
The Mustang shown third from last was previously 'Miss Velma', which had a forced landing in a field at last year's 'Legends', and now looks superb in her 78th FG colours, a unit that was based at Duxford in 1944- '45.

Wurger · Jul 25, 2018

Airframes · Jul 25, 2018

The last selection of the Sea Fury and the 'Balbo', the latter slightly tricky to photograph as a complete formation, due to the area of sky it covered.

I'll post some 'odds and sods' a little later.

Crimea_River · Jul 25, 2018

Great Terry. So they have her painted up as Big Beautiful Doll it seems. Nice to see that scheme in the air again after the loss a few years back.

Airframes · Jul 25, 2018

No, not 'BBD' - can't remember what the nose art is, and I didn't get a shot of the port side, but a number of 78th FG Mustangs had the same checkerboard nose and red trim etc., in fact most, if not all of them, were painted like this by early 1945.
Their earlier P-47s (in NMF) also carried the black and white checks.

EDIT :- New nose art (beneath the cockpit, port side) is 'Contrary Mary'.

Crimea_River · Jul 25, 2018

Thanks Terry.

Airframes · Jul 25, 2018

Last two selections from me, in this and the following post, with a few odds and ends, and, of course, the now 'traditional BBQ on Sunday evening.

Airframes · Jul 25, 2018

The final selection, with the BBQ attended by me, Karl, Sander and his wife, Marcel and Hans - and a few 'empties' !!

Hope you've all enjoyed the show - next one will probably be the BoB Airshow at DX in late September.