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Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 3:42 pm
by pehooouk
Does anyone know what the airfield opening and show times will be for the air fest?.
I can't seem of find them on any of their emails or website.
Thanks
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 4:47 pm
by MRTT
Flying display usually runs from 1.30pm to about 6pm.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 9:09 pm
by Gary
Apparently the Belgian A109 have cancelled
probably why it only appeared on the official participation list for a short time
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 9:17 pm
by MRTT
That's a great shame, was looking forward to that.
Thanks anyway, mate.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 10:24 am
by pehooouk
MRTT wrote:Flying display usually runs from 1.30pm to about 6pm.
Thanks
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 11:55 am
by Flightline UK
Latest tranche of updates includes:-
Red Devils
de Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide
Trig Aerobatic Team
Sopwith Pup (flight is weather dependant- Will fly only in 5 KTS of wind or less)
North American TF-51D Mustang 'Miss Velma'
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 5:00 pm
by Flightline UK
Another update:-
Supermarine Spitfire 1a x 2
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 2:37 pm
by Flightline UK
A couple of additions today:-
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTi - Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - Aircraft Restoration Company
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 2:45 pm
by MRTT
Fantastic!
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 6:49 am
by MRTT
List now complete, lack of based warbirds, sadly.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 5:25 pm
by MRTT
USAF CV-22B confirmed for static display, nice late addition!
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 7:15 pm
by peasus911
Public were allowed inside the aircraft last year, fantastic crew, even bought the T-Shirt.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 7:59 pm
by Pen Pusher
“People may be interested, this weekend[’s] Rafale display: The display aircraft and a spare will be based out of Cambridge Airport along with a support Casa 235. They will be arriving Friday [and] we expect a practice display Friday afternoon at Duxford. The three will be departing Cambridge Monday at some point”
Brian
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:01 pm
by MRTT
Fantastic, thanks for posting Brian.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:25 pm
by Tiger 1
Hi Brian
I echo MRTT's appreciation for posting this . It will help a lot of the guys on FC, myself included.
See you at some point on show day.
Best rgds
Tim
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 4:38 pm
by geoffs
Does anyone have Duxford frequencies for the airshow this weekend.
Ta
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:30 pm
by MRTT
Tower: 122.075
Unable to find common display frequencies, will do some digging.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:40 pm
by MRTT
Osprey has arrived.
11-0058 for the number crunchers.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:25 pm
by Tinker Toy
I unfortunately couldn't get this weekend off work to come and watch the show. I am going to pop down tomorrow, is there anything practicing tomorrow do we know? Looks like a stellar lineup.
Re: Duxford Air Festival- 27th & 28th May 2017
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:28 pm
by MRTT
Rafale is due tomorrow afternoon!
I'd expect a few arrivals and, a number of practice displays.