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A handful from a warm and sunny Duxford today, kicking off the UK's 2024 Airshow Season...

Catalina and Nimrod to open the show...
Consolidated Catalina PBV-1A + Hawker Nimrod I (S1581) by Professor M, on Flickr
Consolidated Catalina PBV-1A by Professor M, on Flickr

More naval aviation from the Fury and Wildcat...
Hawker Nimrod I (S1581) by Professor M, on Flickr
Hawker Fury ISS "SR661" + Grumman FM-2 Wildcat by Professor M, on Flickr
Hawker Fury ISS "SR661" by Professor M, on Flickr

FE695 was an unadvertised addition to the line-up...
Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIb (FE695) by Professor M, on Flickr

One of my favourite displays of the day...
Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe (RW382) by Professor M, on Flickr

ARCo's Beaver isn't the most frequent of display participants, so it was good to see, joined by a Chipmunk...
DHC Beaver AL1 (G-DHCZ) + DHC Chipmunk T10 (WB585) by Professor M, on Flickr

Hawker Hurricane I (V7497) by Professor M, on Flickr

More from the Fighter Aviation Engineering fleet - including a post-repaint & renovation display debut for MV293...

Supermarine Spitfire FRXIV (MV268) by Professor M, on Flickr
Lockheed 12A Junior Electra (G-AFTL) by Professor M, on Flickr

"Jersey Jerk" put in an appearance, arriving just before the flying started and departing again shortly after - having only made its first flight from these shores earlier in the day...
CAC CA-18 Mustang Mk.21 "Jersey Jerk" by Professor M, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

Very nice Prof, esp the Fury/Wildcat formation.

Top work, Prof

That Beaver/Chippie combo looks particularly sweet

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Very nice,Prof!

Thankyou.

We were certainly lucky with the weather - the rather changeable forecast wasn't looking great in the lead-up to the day.