vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Nope. They are Hawker Typhoons.
Duxford Air Show
- Thread starter buggi
- Start date
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Nope. They are Hawker Typhoons.
I'm not kidding they sound awesome. The sound when they fly over your head is emotional!! My friend has gone today. If it wasn't sold out I would have gone again. I'm totally converted to spitfire enthusiast.
Ooo yea and they had an art tent there and I showed the organisers my spitfire. They were well impressed and they didn't seem to notice it was a hybrid!!! I think one of them said a Mark XI. I wasn't gonna argue LOL. Now I'm gonna paint a Spitfire coming out of the sun at a Messerschmitt ... My mum said they used to do that because the Germans never saw em coming.
Naa it was the other typhoon, but they had Hurricanes and Harvards and Sally B B17 there and some bi planes. And a Chinook. But nothing matched the Spitfire. And the RAF did a fly by in a modern jet which was awesome too
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Nice one, buggi!
But watch out for those Fokkers!
But watch out for those Fokkers!
The original pic with the jet was a Hurricane
Mine were both Typhoons
The give away is the large intake nacelle behind the prop
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
6 lovely merlins above me today , as the flightpath for Central London is directly over head. Looked like 4 spitfires and 2 hurricanes from my limited view in the back garden . Heard them before I saw em , lovely .
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
I know a lot of this is about celebrating the Battle of Britain, but going slightly away from that and just off the OP but on a related theme, at the Southport air show yesterday, the Vulcan was escorted in by the Red Arrows before giving a display for 20 minutes or so. We were told this was the Vulcan's last ever flight, which is a great shame. The sight of it being escorted in by the Red Arrows was a thing of beauty; its solo display was simply captivating.
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robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
Definitely all 17 Spitfires flying again today, so no, no Spitfires were accidentally shot down yesterday. We took the dog out and joined the crowds watching them from the fields by Duxford village, and a group did later fly right over my house - followed shortly after by the Red Arrows.
A Red Arrow
A Red Arrow
Jacqueslemac
Active Member
- Location
- Mostly Normandy, sometimes Norfolk
...and that's not a Spitfire either, of course.Me and the girls saw the Typhoon & Spitfire display team at Cosford earlier this year. Unfortunately, it was a Typhoon in standard trim, rather than the drop-dead gorgeous Battle of Britain paint scheme:
Stephen C
Über Member
I caught them circling over Anglesey Abbey, incredible noise!
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
I know a lot of this is about celebrating the Battle of Britain, but going slightly away from that and just off the OP but on a related theme, at the Southport air show yesterday, the Vulcan was escorted in by the Red Arrows before giving a display for 20 minutes or so. We were told this was the Vulcan's last ever flight, which is a great shame. The sight of it being escorted in by the Red Arrows was a thing of beauty; its solo display was simply captivating.
last ever flight season. October 4th is last flight display day , weather and technical permitting. Biggleswade Old Warden airfield.
and I am gutted that I haven't been able to get to any this year due to other passions .
