Opening the show was the BBMF's Spitfire IIa P7350...
Supermarine Spitfire IIa | P7350 | RAF BBMF by Professor M, on Flickr
GI Flight put in an appearance with a pair of L-4 Grasshoppers, one Aeronca L-3 & the American-marked Tiger Moth...
Piper L-4J Grasshopper | 44-80480 | Piper L-4H Grasshopper | 479766 by Professor M, on Flickr
The obligatory Comet appearance...
de Havilland DH.88 Comet | G-ACSS | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
Tribute to former collection pilot Desmond Penrose with the DH.60 Moth and former Shuttleworth resident, Arrow Active II G-ABVE...
Arrow Active 2 | G-ABVE | De Havilland DH.60 Cirrus Moth | G-EBLW by Professor M, on Flickr
This time it was the Letov LF-107 Luňák that Graham Saw would put through its paces...
Letov LF-107 Luňák | CK-0927 by Professor M, on Flickr
A post-war training slot from the collection's Chipmunk & Provost...
DHC Chipmunk T10 | WP905 | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
Having not made it into the air for last year's military airshow, the WWI Aviation Heritage Trust's Albatros would encounter the collection's Se5a. This followed on from other WWI aircraft in the shape of the Pup, 504K & Sopwith Triplane (with a Po-2 shaped interval inbetween)...
Albatros D.Va | G-WAHT | Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a | F-904 by Professor M, on Flickr
In a moment of inspired choreography, the Se5a would later be joined by Spitfire AR501 to compare the two very different fighters - opposition passes and all...
Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a | F-904 | Supermarine Spitfire LFVC | AR501 | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
More trainers in the form of the Magister pair, Blackburn B-2 & Tiger Moth...
Miles Magister I | P6382 | Miles Magister III | V1075 by Professor M, on Flickr
Navywing's Swordfish made another trip to Bedfordshire...
Fairey Swordfish IV | W5856 | NavyWings by Professor M, on Flickr
Ready 4 Duty put in its first flying display at Shuttleworth of its Navy to Victory tour - by this point in the afternoon, the sun had developed a tendency to hide behind the clouds.
Douglas R4D-60 | N151ZE | Ready 4 Duty by Professor M, on Flickr
The Bristol Fighter was due to be joined by the M1C reproduction, but the latter didn't play ball and remained on the ground...
Bristol F.2b | D8096 | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
The twin-engined formation everyone had been waiting for?
Avro Anson XIX | G-AHKX | Dornier Do-28A1 | N123CA by Professor M, on Flickr
Gladiator, Hurricane & Spitfire to close the afternoon's flying with a salute to the Battle of France, opened by the Cambridge Flying Group's Battle of France veteran Tiger Moth...
Hawker Hurricane I | P2902 | Fighter Aviation | Supermarine Spitfire I | N3200 | IWM | Gloster Gladiator I | L8032 | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
Amongst the departures during the break were the Scillonia Airways Dragon Rapide, Goodwood-based Texan & Auster AOP9...
de Havilland DH89 Dominie | G-AHAG | Scillonian Airways by Professor M, on Flickr
Auster AOP9 | XR241 by Professor M, on Flickr
NA T-6G Texan | G-TEXN by Professor M, on Flickr
The resident Queen Bee also returned from a day away...
de Havilland DH82 Queen Bee | LF858 by Professor M, on Flickr
Then began the evening displays with the sun remaining reclusive for most of the hour, but there moments of sunshine for TFC's Curtiss pairing...
Curtiss Hawk P-36C | G-CIXJ | Curtiss P-40F Warhawk | G-CGZP | The Fighter Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
Curtiss P-40F Warhawk | G-CGZP | The Fighter Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
A return of the Lysander SOE role-demo for the evening slot...
Westland Lysander IIIA | V9552 | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
The tied formation, followed by another appearance by AR501 were substitutes for the cancelled appearance of the Edwardians due to the wind...
Parnall Elf II | G-AAIN | DH Tiger Moth II | T6818 | DH60X Moth | G-EBWD | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
Though in the event, the Avro Triplane would fly to close the show. The Bristol Boxkite also came outside, but was taxied back in with the wind too strong...
Avro Triplane IV | Shuttleworth Collection by Professor M, on Flickr
Thanks for looking.
Great photos and commentary, thank you