Airshows 2017

Tower on Saturdays display day this year (9th Sept). Anyone with views on how the weekend went? I thought the display was dull, but that that can't be helped these days. How I miss the F-104 Starfighter's howl etc. The Alpha Jet just doesn't cut it for me. Until it's as big as Waddo used to be, if ever, I think I will feel a little cheated. There were no booksellers, or at least I didn't find any. Am I alone in missing Midland Counties and similar? and I only found three stalls with models for sale. No Hannants etc.
That said, I predicted a foul-up getting in and out, but all of that went very well for me. Just hope it gets bigger in future. And I liked the fire engines.

I went Saturday & I agree it seemed thin on the ground as far as the flying went .It was good to see the Lancaster there as I did not expect it to be there do to the problems with the Merlin engines with BBM flight . I also was disappointed that there were no book vendors there at a big event as it was .
Regards ,
Bomber .

Bomber wrote:

I went Saturday & I agree it seemed thin on the ground as far as the flying went .It was good to see the Lancaster there as I did not expect it to be there do to the problems with the Merlin engines with BBM flight . I also was disappointed that there were no book vendors there at a big event as it was .
Regards ,
Bomber .

I missed the issue with the Merlins. Can anyone explain what the problem is? Having built 165'000 of them you'd think it would have been "sorted" by this time !!

The issue was announced by the MOD as -

"Our investigation has confirmed an issue with a pinion gear in a Merlin engine. With the precise cause of the problem known, each pinion gear is now being inspected to confirm it meets our exacting standards, with the BBMF and industry putting all of our efforts into getting these beautiful aircraft safely back in the air as soon as possible."

Quite a sight to see six Hurricanes displaying together (would have been seven if the BBMF had joined in!) and the sight and sound of 13 Spitfires doing a tail chase was pretty spectacular...

A 'FEW' of my aerial shots taken at Duxford's last air show.

And a couple of ground shots.

Also saw Winston Churchill giving his victory salute. His wife, fiddling with her mobile phone. How original is that !!

The book signing marquee. My mate waiting for the Bomber Command book that he had just bought to be signed by all the veterans seen.
Tom, my mate, bought this for his Dad who's brother was shot down over Germany and killed in 1943 in a Lancaster from 101 Squadron.
George Dunn, the chap in the middle of the display stand is also the chap in the middle of the group WW2 photograph.