On Saturday I went to the Duxford Air Show. The decommissioned RAF airfield at Duxford annually hosts multiple air shows. It is also the site of several aeronautical museums. The complex belongs to the heritage of the Imperial War Museum, just like the museum in London and the warship HMS Belfast. I arrived in Duxford with a shuttlebus put on especially for that event. The bus drove from Cambridge train station to the entrance of the airport. It was completely full. After passing the security and receiving the event guide-book (containing the flight hours of each air exhibition), I walked amid the human crowd and explored the site.
The airfield consists of a lot of aircraft sheds and hangars. Each building lodges a museum that focuses on certain aspects of aviation and/or on British military events: for example, the general evolution of flying , a history of civil aviation, an exhibition about battles of Britain, and many other information about the aeronautic world… In total there are seven different museums, each treating a specific topic. Along the runway you could find all kind of stands selling food, goodies and souvenirs.
There certainly were a few thousand spectators watching the show, you could almost walk over the heads of the large crowd! The air show itself only started at 1pm, so I took advantage of the first three hours to visit each museum. For lunch I went to one of the food stands that was selling fish and chips.
It was a perfect day for an air show: a cloudless sky, warm and nice weather (so warm, that I treated myself to an ice-cream). The show itself was a combination of stunt aircraft performing tricks, historical aircraft flybys and helicopter presentations by the Royal Air Force.
Below you can find some photos of the aircraft on display. Because my smartphone was not strong enough to take photos of planes from far away, I have posted some images from the website instead.
It was a spectacular show! I really enjoyed the air show and would recommend everyone to go to one of the air events that are yearly organized in Duxford.