Held over the weekend of 5/6th June 2010. Exercise Halifax Shadow and RAC D-Day Fly-in was a combination of a 78 Squadron memorial and Breighton Fly-in. Saturday had far better weather than Sunday. These photos are from Sunday. Due to the conditions the BBMF Spitfire was unable to perform a flypast and it was left to an RAF Sea King and Merlin to find their way through the cloud to perform a flypast over nearby Bubwith church and the airfield. Breighton was a WWII base and home to 78 Squadron. The current airfield is on a small part of the WWII base.
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Sunday 27th September 2009 was the date of the Lincolnshire's Lancaster Association Day at the BBMF visitor centre at RAF Coningsby. A sunny start deteriorated as the clouds moved in but the formation flying and displays were excellent. As the BBMF displays finished another aircraft unexpectedly arrived to the delight of the members - the Avro Vulcan XH558 - which put on a first rate display - the icing on the cake at the end of a very enjoyable day.
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Held over the weekend of August 8/9th 2009. The large model airshow enjoyed good weather meaning there was a bumper turnout. These photos were taken on the Sunday. There were three full size displays together with plenty of models. An excellent commentary and plenty of flying made for an enjoyable day. As well as a model vulcan there was the site in the distance of the full size aircraft making her way to displays in other parts of the country.
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The Shuttleworth Collection 2009 Spring Air Display at Old Warden was held on Sunday 3rd May. Due to gusting winds some aircraft could not be flown and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota did not arrive from RAF Coningsby. There was however still plenty of flying with Peter Teichman's P40 wearing a temporary and very popular colour scheme from filming for the movie Red Tails. The Plane Sailing catalina also managed to display. The collection's Sea Hurricane had to land due to technical problems (a loose panel we were told) but managed a superb display later. The weather slowly improved with sun finally coming out to warm the crowd who had been enduring a chilly breeze. This was the best attended show for quite a few years and the only negative was due to the decision to hold a classic car show on the same day. As a result of having a separate entrance to this a long tailback towards the A1 developed. Traffic after this entrance moved as normal. Usually the shows at Old Warden are very well organised but something went wrong with this one - hopefully it will not be allowed to happen again. Having said that though the rest of the day made enduring the delay worthwhile. A great start to the 2009 air show season.
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Heavy rain in the days before the RV, Helicopter fly in meant there was a warning on the Real Aeroplane Club website that this event (the last scheduled for 2008) was in danger of being cancelled. Saturday was drier and due to the determination of the organisers and helpers the event was able to go ahead. The weather on the Sunday was kind and although heavy showers could be seen in the distance there was blue sky over Breighton!
There were flypasts by many of the Breighton based aircraft and seven helicopters together with a display by a BBMF spitfire in memory of Brian Brown who was a very popular pilot and Breighton airfield manager until tragically losing his life during Shoreham airshow in September 2007.
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