Duxford - 13/07/2008

With the cancellation of RIAT and with the Turkish arriving promptly at Mildenhall, the plan for the afternoon was to visit Duxford for Flying Legends '08.

As always with Legends there was a superb mix of propeller driven types on display.

Without doubt the star of the show was B-17G "Liberty Belle", who had made the journey across the pond from its home base in the USA.

As is traditional with Flying Legends shows, the culmination of the show sees a massed flypast known as the Balbo, and named in honour of the Italian General of the same name who flew across the Atlantic in formation with more than twenty seaplanes in the 1930s.

The show was not completely without incident, as P-51D "Miss Helen" suffered engine problems whilst landing, resulting in some damage to the undercarriage.

As we walked back to the car, the Catalina returned to its home and it was captured crossing the M11.