I like to try to get to Duxford a couple of times a year during the airshow season, so I was pleased to be able to make their Spring Airshow on 18th May this year.

I took my middle daughter who brought along our Canon 300D with a Canon 100-300mm lens for her first attempt at airshow photography.

The weather was dry & although mainly warm-ish,  there was a great dela of cloud cover which became greater towards the fling display time. By the time flying started, there were not many patches of blue visible for the rest of the day.

I normally pay the extra to get into the flight-line walk area where you can get closer shots of the static aircraft. I didn’t bother this time because, frankly, I wasn’t that impressed with the amount of aircraft on show. There seemed to be many less aircraft on show. Only a couple of Spitfires & none of the Mustangs.

The first display was the Guinot Wing-walker team who had brought two aircraft with them. The wingwalkers for their first display of two, were two of the presenters of Blue Peter who did a full routine. And hats off to them too, they even did the upside down trying to link hands, one aircraft above the other & I reckon their pilots got closer than when they did it for real with the regular wingwalker girls.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight did their usual routine. A welcome addition to the display was a Eurofighter Typhoon. It’s always great to see some afterburners!

It was disappointing not to see the B-17 Sally B flying, no matter how many times I see it, I never tire of taking photos of it. None of the Mustangs flew, but it was nice to see the Sabre.

The next show at Duxford is their two-day Flying Legends show on the weekend of 12th & 13th of July. Unfortunately, this is the same weekend as RIAT at Fairford where I’ll be heading. A bit of bad planning there!