BluBear

Quite possibly mate, although I have Shoreham and MotoGP the weekend before so funds may be stretched!! Oh, did you hear Snafu is rumoured sold and to head across the pond? (

Well, what can I say... Another brilliant Flying Legends done and dusted! Thanks to all the other Dogz for a spiffingly splendid weekend, it was a blast as usual. Plenty of excellent warbirds took to the skies on what was probably the hottest weekend at Duxford I have witnessed in all my years of attending. I will leave it up to the pros to showcase the photos of the aircraft, but in the meantime a few random pictures from me... Friday: Old Speckled Hen to welcome the arrival of the Dogz Focus on the Joker: As it was Stephen Grey's last ever public display, I got up close and personal with his Bearcat. The business end: An unusual angle to a charismatic cat: A neat package, the perfectly designed prop fighter? Fenrir and I were accommodated in an appropriately numbered room: The Dogz return to the hotel full of curry and Cobra: Putting together his next 'dangerwood' blockbuster, Arjen Speilburg Lucas: Tiring work, all this plane watching malarkey! Many ice creams were consumed: What ends a good story? A nice piece of ass:

Fenrir and I should be at DX by lunchtime tomorrow. Bring on the fun!

Hi all, just throwing an idea out there for a possilbe establishment to 'wet our whistles' on one of the nights (saturday probably?): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_Pub I went there with the g/f back in March and it's a great place to sink some beers amongst friends in a historic place. The highlght of course is the 'RAF Bar'...

Looks fantastic mate!

Looking forward to Moonbeam and Liz, not so sure on the thre spit horsemen, might be a bit tame. P-38 is having engine work done, so may not make it I hear... boo hiss. However, whatever turns up, it's gonna be brilliant i am sure! Great venue, beautiful aeroplanes, ale a plenty and great company, CAN NOT WAIT!

I'm in, been thinking about it for a while. Looks like a cracking line up too!

Stunning! Well captured mate, gutted I missed it (

I do hope she stays for leg-ends!

It's funny, I look back now and think how much I took the cats for granted. They were always kinda 'there' and I can't believe it's been 5 years since they were last airborne. Excellent work tfc, looks like they are finally putting all the paperwork debacle behind them.

I noticed this on the key forums. How could they possibly get it wrong?! I mean, it looks like a photo as well! I know Lee's Hope (the P-40F in background) had a few incorrect markings when it arrived, but I can't remember it extending to under side? For clarification... It should be: =*= US ARMY not: ARMY US =*=

Never been a massive fan of the Dora, always preferred the look of the snub nosed BMW jobbies. However, this does look pretty darn good fo' sho'!

That reminds me, I've not booked mine yet! 70 days to go...

AR213 looks sweeeeeeet! Also, I think we should all protest at Legends that Princess Liz stays here. I suggest we chain Sweper to her, at least we'll know where he is!

Plenty of Jet Provosts and Strikemasters about Arthur. A handful of Vampires and Venoms, soon to be two Meteors and a few Gnats also airworthy. I understand a Canberra will also return to the skies in the next year or so, and the Sea Vixen is currently being repaired after u/c collapse as Jabo alluded to. Oh, lets not forget a fairly healthy population of Hunters, now that is one beautiful aircraft!

Unlikely I'm afraid Arthur!Legends operates a 'pistons only' policy which is somewhat of a shame. I'd like to see them extend the invite to classic jets too. Imagine a meteor, sabre, sea vixen and even a replica 262... OoooooThat said, one cannot complain when faced with a dozen spitfires...

Eagle Owl right? Stunning. They do falconry displays at Leeds Castle down the road from me. The peregrine falcon is quite a sight at full speed.

Wow, nice find Pup! Beautiful creatures

Hilarious guys! Apparently the junior leader's favorite band is the Beatles and aspires to look like Jean Claude Van-Damme...

Indeed, one would hope she'll be shacking up at DX for the summer

Interesting looking beast Dave! What did you do about the light gate for the Sidewinder?

I hope she stays for legends! I can't make it now unfortunately.

I might try it in a 262, it's sure to go well when I quickly advance one engine to full power...

Haha, nice one Jack

Highlights of Farnborough '51 with the famous Zurakowski Cartwheel from 2:00. I've often read about it, but this is the first time I've seen footage of it - quite a maneuver! http://www.britishpathe.com/video/highlights-of-farnborough-1951 Some back story: Zurakowski would often resort to mathematical calculations to explain his theories, but when he tried to Show Jim Heyworth, chief test pilot for Rolls Royce, that he had come up with something different, Heyworth was baffled. Zura said that he had discovered a new aerobatic manoeuvre and demonstrated the theory of it on paper. As the complex formulae were laid out in a series of notes in Zura's Hucclecote office, the RR pilot couldn't grasp the idea of a tumbling flight path. Knowing that Zura was a very competent engineer, Heyworth believed there could possibly be something there. He had little idea that he was being shown the beginnings of the Zurabatic Cartwheel. The Meteor Zurakowski used was a development version that had tip tanks and also rockets mounted on the outer wings. This was to build up a large inertia movement in the yaw axis. He would pull up to the vertical and at the right time as the speed fell off he would gun one engine to full chat. This coupled with rudder would stall turn the aircraft rapidly in the yaw axis. The inertia from the tip tanks would continue the turning movement at the top of the stall turn so that the aircraft would then achieve a further turn before the airspeed built up in the descent and stabilised the aircraft.