The Duxford Balbo at Flying Legends 2008

[The Freshest]

Footage I shot at Duxford Flying Legends 2008 of the mass formation(balbo) of some of the finest warbirds in the world.

http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=0cb30713

Enjoy!

[Iclo]

Nice

[spookythecat]

Why can't this be done in the U.S.?

[Mudge]

I would suggest...Too many regulations to overcome.

Mudge the regular

[n5151ts]

..not really....I love Duxford and if the gubmint doesn't strip all of my hard earned money from me I would hopefully like to retire in that area and either work or volunteer to work there daily. what a place!
Thanks for the video!

[Randy Haskin]

..not really....I love Duxford and if the gubmint doesn't strip all of my hard earned money from me I would hopefully like to retire in that area and either work or volunteer to work there daily. what a place!
Thanks for the video!

The big question is if your retirement can handle the 1:2 exchange rate for the Pound!

[warbird1]

Why can't this be done in the U.S.?

It IS done in the U.S., but not at very many shows. For example, at every single POF annual airshow at Chino, for about the past 10 years or so, they have had a mass flyover balbo as the grand finale for the show. Steve Hinton reportedly came up with this idea after his many visits to Duxford. The POF airshow balbo is patterned after Duxford.

Also, for the Wings Over Houston airshow at Ellington in about 2001 or 2002, they had over 100 W.W. II aircraft in the skies, all in formation, at the same time for a mass flyby. That was supposedly the largest formation of warbirds in the air at the same time since the end of W.W. II. I have video of that in my archives somewhere.

Occasionally other airshows in the U.S. will have a balbo, with the last one I remember being the Gathering of Mustangs, where they had many Mustangs together in formation.

[Trey Carroll]

Skills of pilots may have something to do with this as well. Insurance, regs, blah blah.

12 minutes into the video, look behind Miss Velma as she taxis by... I was there, but didn't see it happen.

[warbird1]

12 minutes into the video, look behind Miss Velma as she taxis by... I was there, but didn't see it happen.

Can you give us a hint at what you saw? I watched the video at 12 minutes, but didn't notice anything unusual. Perhaps I didn't look close enough.

[Trey Carroll]

Don't look close, look farther. It's at about 12:05ish

[MattP38]

Skills of pilots may have something to do with this as well. Insurance, regs, blah blah.

12 minutes into the video, look behind Miss Velma as she taxis by... I was there, but didn't see it happen.

That's a NASTY looking landing, good grief!

[Michel C-GNCJ]

Okay, that's what I would call a full stall landing !!!

Yikes !

[Mike]

The cause of the rather eventful 'arrival' by the P-51 was a partial engine failure on finals. The pilot did very well indeed to get it down safely with minimal damage.

[FAFG_Xav]

I saw the plane after the landing : left landing gear and propeller damaged.

[Randy Haskin]

I saw the plane after the landing : left landing gear and propeller damaged.

The attach points for both gear are damaged, unfortunately. Minor bending, but when you're talking about that area of the wing, a "minor" bend of the skin means there is more serious damage deeper down.