Summer Air Show: D-Day 80 - 1st & 2nd June 2024

[Gary]

Summer Air Show: D-Day 80 - 1st & 2nd June 2024

https://www.iwm.org.uk/airshows/duxford-summer-air-show

£49.50 general entry and £115 Gold Experience

Tickets on sale https://imperialwarmuseums.seetickets.c ... 1698078937

[Gary]

Flying Bulls B-25 and P-38 Lightning confirmed

We're delighted to announce that The Flying Bulls' Lockheed P-38 Lightning and North American B-25J Mitchell will be appearing at this year's Duxford Summer Air Show: D-Day 80 on 1-2 June 2024!

But you don't have to wait until June to experience this year's Duxford Flying Season - tickets for Duxford Flying Days go on sale tomorrow from midday.

As well as free entry to Flying Days, IWM members also enjoy 10% off standard Duxford Air Show tickets and a host of other benefits.

All tickets are advance only and limited availability: https://bit.ly/3Fyi8Mu

Images courtesy of The Flying Bulls.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... 6Xfq4&_rdr

[jasonT1981]

Great additions. I wonder if the F86 listed for midlands the same weekend will base at Duxford?

Just got tickets.

Line up -
Flying Bulls Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Flying Bulls North American B-25J Mitchell
Flying Bulls Douglas-DC-6B
Canadair Sabre Mk.6
AeroSuperBatics Wingwalkers (2x Boeing Stearman)
Team Raven (6X Vans RV8)
Jet Pitts Muscle Biplane
The Titans (XtremeAir XA42 & Xtreme Decathlon)
The Flying Comrades (Yak-50 Yak 52 and Yak-18T)

[jasonT1981]

D-Day Squadron 2024 Legacy Tour

To mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the D-Day Squadron returns to the skies of Duxford following the sell-out Daks Over Duxford event in 2019 for the historic D-Day 75 commemorations.

The drama will build on Saturday 1 June with an aerial spectacle of dynamic flypasts and a mass parachute drop over historic Duxford airfield. As Sunday 2 June dawns, the full fleet will begin their journey over to Cherbourg, with a grand parade over IWM Duxford on the second day of the air show, as they head out to continue their commemorative flight.

This epic Second World War mass flight display will bring the extraordinary story of the D-Day landings to life in the air at Duxford Summer Air Show. Whilst on the ground, activities, living history groups and Imperial War Museums' static collections will tell Duxford's own D-Day story.

[jasonT1981]

Flying Bulls DC6 Self confirms for Duxford
https://www.flyingbulls.at/en/events-stories/events

[Gary]

Already sharpening up to be a good show.

[jasonT1981]

Update today to the flying list. Some great additions.

Douglas-DC-6B
Canadair Sabre Mk.6
AeroSuperBatics Wingwalkers (2x Boeing Stearman)
Team Raven (6X Vans RV8)
Jet Pitts Muscle Biplane
The Titans (XtremeAir XA42 & Xtreme Decathlon)
The Flying Comrades (Yak-50 Yak 52 and Yak-18T)

[Gary]

Red Arrows self confirmed for Sunday

[Gary]

BBMF Lancaster Sunday only

[jasonT1981]

BBMF Spitfire & Hurricane tail chase on Saturday only.

[jasonT1981]

11 Dakotas now listed on the website.

[Professor_M]

Now down to 10 with the Hungarian HA-LIX removed recently...

https://www.iwm.org.uk/airshows/duxford ... lying-list

[Gary]

Participant’s updated https://www.iwm.org.uk/airshows/duxford ... lying-list

Unsure what day to do yet, I’m in London to see Air at the Albert Hall on Friday. So might be easier to go Sunday by the time I get home and in bed

[jasonT1981]

I got the email saying it was updated too. But nothing has changed since last weeks Dakota additions.

[jasonT1981]

French Air Force Rafale demo added for Saturday & Sunday!

What a cracking addition, one of the highlights of RIAT last summer with a brilliant display

[Gary]

The Rafale Instagram post only mentions Saturday for the Duxford. Plan was to go Sunday. Might have to change that now

[Supra]

Which Day to go ? Quick analysis for you...

Dak's do live drops Saturday .............................. Dak's single flypast enroute Cherbourg Sunday
Rafale confirmed Saturday ................................ Red Arrows Sunday
BBMF Spit & Hurricane Saturday .......................... Lancaster Sunday (but not expected to be airworthy!)
Red Bulls & F-86* to/fro Ragley Hall Saturday ..........Possible some depart off-slot Sunday?
Red Bulls & F-86* display Dux & land Saturday .........Possible some depart off-slot Sunday?
No Airshow @ Old Warden Saturday.......................Old Warden Military Airshow Sunday Only! (P-51D Mustang ‘Jersey Jerk’.. )

* aka Canadair Sabre Mk.6
With my compliments, Look, See, Go figure it!

[jasonT1981]

Everything is down to display both days except Red Arrows (Sunday) BBMF Spitfire & Hurricane (Saturday) Lancaster (Sunday)

Dakotas seem to be there both days but only a flypast on Sunday where-as parachute drop on Saturday.

[Gary]

There seems to be a discrepancy with the Rafale, Duxford say both days. The team saying Saturday.

I'm in London for a gig Friday night and heading to Normandy on the 4th. Still need to plan my actual itinerary for Normandy. 5 beaches and Pegasus Bridge are a must. Head is saying go on Sunday to Duxford but part of me wants to see the para drop at Duxford

[iainpeden]

Gary, we visited the D-Day beaches in 2019; if you pm me your time allocation I could help with a possible itinerary. The bayeaux tapestry is definitely worth a visit too.