Daks over Normandy: 2-5 June 2019@Duxford

[acw367]

Stream take off of 11

[acw367]

All landed back after two flypasts in stream. No formation flying.

[James Cutting]

I presume parking tomorrow is standard show type parking in the fields by the Officers mess?

Looking forward to what should be a great sight and sound tomorrow

[acw367]

I presume parking tomorrow is standard show type parking in the fields by the Officers mess?

Looking forward to what should be a great sight and sound tomorrow

Yes they are also using this field for parking today.

[acw367]

Oh-lch Finnish Airlines up as a singleton

[Mark_Aviation]

SE-CFP Daisy stopped for fuel and is now airborne out of Groningen.

[James Cutting]

I presume parking tomorrow is standard show type parking in the fields by the Officers mess?

Looking forward to what should be a great sight and sound tomorrow

Yes they are also using this field for parking today.

Thank you.

[bizfreeq]

I presume parking tomorrow is standard show type parking in the fields by the Officers mess?

Looking forward to what should be a great sight and sound tomorrow

You going Wednesday as well James or just Tuesday?

[James Cutting]

I'm just going tomorrow, looked the better day of the 2 in terms of flying

[Sparts99]

I'm aiming to head down to Beachy Head on Wednesday. I'm seeing conflicting weather reports for the day, what website is best as a rule and will there be a way of checking on the day if the weather is marginal if they are going to fly?

[bizfreeq]

I'm just going tomorrow, looked the better day of the 2 in terms of flying

Fair enough, there's a few of us from various groups meeting up on Wednesday

[Mark_Aviation]

AIRCRAFT POSITIONS REPORT – 03/06

All 23 Dakotas have now arrived at Duxford. There are no more arrivals expected so the full participation list is:

N33611 Clipper Tabitha May
N25641 Liberty
N47TB That’s all Brother
N47E Miss Virginia
N74589 Placid Lassie
N45366 D-Day Doll
N62CC Virginia Ann
N103NA Flabob Express
N47SJ Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber
N8336C The Spirit of Benovia
N24320 Miss Montana
N877MG Pan American Airways Systems
N150D 101st Airborne Tribute
N18121 The Great Silver Fleet
N341A “Golden Age Air Tours”
N431HM Swissair
N147DC Aces High
OH-LCH Finnish Airlines
HA-LIX Karman Todor
OY-BPB Gamle Dame
F-AZOX Chalair
LN-WND C-53D
SE-CFP Daisy

Aircraft expected to be present on the 4th June only:
ZA947 BBMF Display only, no landing

Aircraft expected to be present at Caen only:
PH-PBA Princess Amalia

Number of Dakotas at Duxford: 24
Number of Dakotas at Caen: 24

I’m off to Duxford on Tuesday and Wednesday to hopefully see these what all these numbers and names actually look like.

Have a great show everyone!

All information is accurate at time of posting. Please do say if I’ve made any mistakes and I’ll edit the posts.

[DanBeeden]

1840L 12 plus Daks up for a formation practice north west of Duxford. Just streamed over the house in 3-ship vics. What a sight!

[KevinR]

Driving home on the A505 out of Royston at 18.25 and saw the stream of Daks heading out for the practice. There also appeared to be a fighter escort. Lost count of how many were in the stream.
11 have just returned, flying over the house at 500ft in Vics of 3 plus 2 stragglers, breaking to land. What a sight

[Mike]

Thanks for that Mark, do we have a list of the 24 DC-3s at Caen, or are they the same aircraft that you have listed?

[Mark_Aviation]

Thanks for that Mark, do we have a list of the 24 DC-3s at Caen, or are they the same aircraft that you have listed?

It’ll be the same list. The only differences are ZA947 is exclusive to Duxford and PH-PBA is exclusive to Caen.

[Johnny]

There website says advance tickets only, is that definate no cash on the day for entry? could anyone thats knows advice me please

[bizfreeq]

If that's what their website says then surely that's the way it is

[KevinR]

Duxford is advance tickets only. Purchase on line and print at home, or keep a PDF on your smart phone. Usually available until midnight the day before, so you’ve got 4 ands half hours to get them for tomorrow

[Mike]

Thanks for that Mark, do we have a list of the 24 DC-3s at Caen, or are they the same aircraft that you have listed?

It’ll be the same list. The only differences are ZA947 is exclusive to Duxford and PH-PBA is exclusive to Caen.

Thanks Mark, your post seems to suggest that there's 24 at both airfields, thanks for confirming.