Duxford Airshow, 3 - 4 September

[sjnovis]

Appologies if this has been noted before.

Duxford Airshow, 3 - 4 September

The theme is the 75th anniversery of the Spitfire,

From their website, participents should be:-

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane,
RAF Sea King ASR,
Army Air Corp Apache,
RAF King Air,
Aeronautica Militare C-27J (on static),
Polish Air Force AN-28 (on static),
SWIP Twister Duo,
Spitfire IXT (x4 from Air Leasing, Boultbee Aviation, M. Bayliss and Aircraft Restoration Company),
Spitfire V (x2 from Historic Aircraft Collection and The Fighter Collection),
Spitfire IX from the Royal Netherlands Air Force,
Spitfire XIV from The Fighter Collection,
Spitfire XVI from Spitfire Limited,
B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B
Hurricane from Historic Aircraft Collection’s

Exciting news -
Just confirmed is participation by the United States Air Force F-15E Demonstration Team, (Sunday only)
Royal Air Force Red Arrows (Sunday only)

[Tiger 1]

Hi sjnovis

Thanks for the info, much appreciated

Ref the F15...i have just had a look at the Duxford Website and it looks to me..,as ive read it, that the Red Arrows are displaying on Sunday only, not the F15.

Can anyone confirm please, the F15 is on both Saturday and Sunday?

Thanks again for the info sjnovis

Best rgds

Tiger 1

[sjnovis]

Appologies, I read that bit wrong.

According to the demo team website, they are on both Sat and Sun

http://www.acc.af.mil/aerialevents/stri ... /index.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[davedubya]

Getting the F15 demo team seems like a bit of a coup for Duxford.

[Tiger 1]

Hi sjnovis

No need to appologise, it ok

Many thanks for the conformation for both days.

I will be down at Duxford on the Saturday, looks like its going to be pretty good.

Bestr gds

Tiger 1

[b0nd08]

looking forward to this, my first duxford airshow! i would be happy to pay 25 quid just to see that eagle demo!!

[b0nd08]

me and aaron are going the sunday mate although we have a meetup with tim at LN on tuesday 18th oct as we are having another one of our "plane weeks." up to part 4 now so if your down LN then i shall see you there

[b0nd08]

i hope youre wrong aswell! surely if theyre flying all the way from SJ, they will do a full show?

[MacksAviation]

Judgeing by previous F.15 demo's over the years at Duxford, if you think you are going to get a full display, then don't get your hopes up. I think it will be two fly bys, 1 slow one and 1 fast one, and then back to Lakenheath. They do not have a dedicated display pilot to do this, which is why I think that is all you will get. I hope I am wrong. I will be missing only my second Duxford show in 17 years. Will be on a big ship. [40th Anniversary, and I couldn't get time off for the show.] Have a good one. The show will be brilliant, but don't expect too much from the F.15. I hope I am wrong.

You are wrong read the post and the Duxford website

[MacksAviation]

i hope youre wrong aswell! surely if theyre flying all the way from SJ, they will do a full show?

Did the A10 demo at RIAT fly an aircraft from stateside ? NO they used an aircraft fom Spang so why expect an aircraft to be flown from the US ? The pilot yes the aircraft NO

[b0nd08]

yeah congratulations!!! considering this is an SJ jet or even a possible LN, this is completely different from RIAT.

PLUS considering i was talking to a 492nd pilot in the viewing area the other week, he was saying that the role demo WILL be using the SJ jet at the moscow + european airshows and will be stopping at LN for fuel, dont try become the big know it all when it hasnt even happened yet, it could happen either way!!

[urkles]

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Ai ... e9c50539ae" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Moscow show now on - using a Lakenheath jet flown by a Seymour Johnson pilot.

As Dave said - A full F15E display with a SJ Pilot ( i.e. - the official F15E display pilot) flying a 48 FW Eagle.

Mark

[b0nd08]

jem60, my comment wasnt directed at you at all, sorry if it appeared to!
anyway, urkles has cleared that up now, and looks like the 492d pilot was telling me porkies!!

[urkles]

jem60, my comment wasnt directed at you at all, sorry if it appeared to!
anyway, urkles has cleared that up now, and looks like the 492d pilot was telling me porkies!!

Never believe a fighter pilot - I wouldn't trust them to tie there own shoe laces!

[Tiger 1]

Hi everyone

Well im certainly looking forward to a full display by the F15.

Who esle remembers Flying Legends a few years ago, 2006 i think it was.

The F15 flew a full display show after performing a fly by with 2 warbirds, this was a demo pilot in a LN jet.

Best rgds

Tiger 1

[Tiger 1]

Hi everyone

Just watched the video on You Tube of the Flying Legends F15 display.

It was 2007 when it did this and the fly by was with two Mustangs and a Cobra.

Awsome, if the pioot does the same at the Sept Show, i will be well happy.

I saw it at Flying Legends in 2007 but sadly did not have my video with, i won`t make that mistake this time.

Not long to wait now Ant.

Best rgds

Tiger 1

[b0nd08]

oh no not patches!!! ive just caught the bug and pretty much spent half my wages this month on patches

Bondo, miscommunication .. I think my memory had let me down,didn't remember 2007!!. Also, when I posted before your reply, I then re-read a previous post re SJ pilot doing the show. I edited my post, apologising for not noticeing it, then failed to press the submit tap. Apology accepted of course, and please accept mine for the misunderstanding. Regards, John.

no worries

[TankBuster]

Just out of interest...

Do any of you guys know why the 48th FW have'nt got a dedicated display/demo pilot/aircrew? I just wondered as it seems a bit daft to use either the East/West coast demo pilots from the US when they could have one here from the 48th FW for UK & European demos.

I'm sure that the 48TH TFW used to have an F-111 display aircrew years ago, just as the 81st TFW at Bentwaters had a dedicated A-10 display pilot. What changed?

Cheers,
TankBuster

[ST24]

Just out of interest...

Do any of you guys know why the 48th FW have'nt got a dedicated display/demo pilot/aircrew? I just wondered as it seems a bit daft to use either the East/West coast demo pilots from the US when they could have one here from the 48th FW for UK & European demos.

I'm sure that the 48TH TFW used to have an F-111 display aircrew years ago, just as the 81st TFW at Bentwaters had a dedicated A-10 display pilot. What changed?

Cheers,
TankBuster

The only official USAFE display pilots were provided by the 36TFW for F-15A/C, 81 & 10 ('90 &'91) TFW for the A-10 and 50 & 401TFWs for the F-16A/C. This was mirrored by units for PACAF and ConUS, the latter having both East & West coast crews, as they still do but only for the Hog and Viper at the moment.The rest of the USAFE fleet (F-111E/F, RF-4C, F-5E (actually did display in '1979) and prior to that F-4C/D & F-100D etc didn't have a dedicated display crew but provided flypasts only.
After the Gulf War (version 1 ) and the end of the Cold war, the resultant draw down of units unfortunately lead to the withdrawl of dedicated display crews from 1992. It would be great to have an F-15C, A-10, F-15E and even F-16C back on the European circuit but I can't seeing it happen.
Interesting to note that unlike the RAF and European display acts, the display routine remained pretty much the same for each type from 1981- 2007/8 ish whether it be USAFE, PACAF or ConUS. That was until this year, I was quite amazed to see the newly re-vamped hog demo at RIAT, and the sequence for the Mudhen this year is pretty damn good..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5gbpgcX-_s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[b0nd08]

anyone know if the reds are still coming?