Apres Legends ~ The Spirit Of Legends
Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:41 pm
It's the biggest warbird event in the European airshow calandar .....
It attracts some of the world's best warbrid display pilots ( such as Steve Hinton, Ed Shipley, Howard Pardue to name just three )
It costs 12 dollars a gallon for fuel to drive there each day
The around 50 bucks to get in and a few more to go out to do the flightline walk
I love every minute of it !
Let me share with you a few highlights .....
Stephen Grey's P-39
Hurricanes in line astern
Mustangs over the rainbow .....
A P-40 without a "sharkmouth"
Scandinavian Historic Flight's P-51D, painted as Old Crow
French Spitfire with contra prop ~ as restored by the Fighter Rebuilders at Chino.
Mustangs doing their thing .....
And finally ..... The Balbo that concludes the show each day. No prizes for guessing what they are !
Ed Shipley leading in P-51D ~ Miss Velma, flanked by the Fighter Collections Hellcat and Wildcat, then their Corsair.
4 P-51 Mustangs
Buchon, Curtiss Hawk, Yak 3, P-39
4 Spitfires
4 More Spitfires
2 P-40's with a Spitfire and Hurricane
B-25 Mitchell and A-26 Invader
And that's it for today
It attracts some of the world's best warbrid display pilots ( such as Steve Hinton, Ed Shipley, Howard Pardue to name just three )
It costs 12 dollars a gallon for fuel to drive there each day
The around 50 bucks to get in and a few more to go out to do the flightline walk
I love every minute of it !
Let me share with you a few highlights .....
Stephen Grey's P-39
Hurricanes in line astern
Mustangs over the rainbow .....
A P-40 without a "sharkmouth"
Scandinavian Historic Flight's P-51D, painted as Old Crow
French Spitfire with contra prop ~ as restored by the Fighter Rebuilders at Chino.
Mustangs doing their thing .....
And finally ..... The Balbo that concludes the show each day. No prizes for guessing what they are !
Ed Shipley leading in P-51D ~ Miss Velma, flanked by the Fighter Collections Hellcat and Wildcat, then their Corsair.
4 P-51 Mustangs
Buchon, Curtiss Hawk, Yak 3, P-39
4 Spitfires
4 More Spitfires
2 P-40's with a Spitfire and Hurricane
B-25 Mitchell and A-26 Invader
And that's it for today
Re: Apres Legends ~ The Spirit Of Legends
Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:21 pm
bomberflight wrote:Ed Shipley leading in P-51D ~ Miss Velma,............
PK, actually!
Nice shots from a great event. Must be why I make the 5,500-mile trip each July to attend.
Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:25 am
Great pics, just curious... what is the origin of the name "Balbo"?
Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:05 am
warbirdcrew wrote:Great pics, just curious... what is the origin of the name "Balbo"?
According to the announcer at Duxford, it's the name of an Italian Flag Officer who believed in massed formations of airpower.
Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:15 am
It's not in common use in modern times but is particularly apt for Duxford.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Balbo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Balbo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balbo