Compton Abbas Air Show

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10th-11th August 2024
Compton Abbas Airfield, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
www.comptonairfield.com/events/compton- ... show-2024/

A brand new event coming to Compton Abbas Airfield!
More exciting details to follow…

[Adam]

A new website and a new name - the Golden Age of Aviation Airshow.
https://comptonabbasairshow.co.uk/

Also, confirmation that the show will be run by AeroLegends.

Tickets are... not cheap. Especially when compared to AeroLegends' main airshow at Headcorn. £39.50 per adult and half price for children (and, on the basis of the site map, general admission tickets don't seem to give much meaningful access to the crowdline, which is almsot entirely reserved for premium hospitality enclosures).
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Unsurprising first update!

Supermarine Spitfire IX - Aero Legends/TD314
Supermarine Spitfire IXT - Aero Legends/NH341
Supermarine Spitfire IXT - Aero Legends/MJ444

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Boeing A-75L Stearman Kaydet - Retro Track & Air
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth - Aero Legends
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth - Aero Legends
Thruxton Jackaroo - Aero Legends
Stampe SV4 - Aero Legends

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North American T-6G Texan - Aero Legends
North American T-6G Texan - 'Carly'/Aero Legends

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In todays announcement we look at an aircraft that formed the back bone of air defence during the Battle of Britain, the Hawker Hurricane. Although the Hurricane was bigger and slower than the infamous Spitfire, it claimed more kills during the war making it a true workhorse.

Aero Legends are pleased to announce the following aircraft to our flying list:
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3717 (G-HITT)

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Supermarine Spitfire IX - Aero Legends/TD314
Supermarine Spitfire IXT - Aero Legends/NH341
Supermarine Spitfire IXT - Aero Legends/MJ444
Hawker Hurricane I - Bygone Aviation Ltd
Boeing A-75L Stearman Kaydet - Retro Track & Air
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth - Aero Legends
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth - Aero Legends
Thruxton Jackaroo - Aero Legends
Stampe SV4 - Aero Legends
North American T-6G Texan - Aero Legends
North American T-6G Texan - 'Carly'/Aero Legends
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress - Sally-B/B-17 Preservation Ltd
Douglas C-47A Skytrain - Aero Legends/Drag 'Em 'Oot
Douglas C-47A Skytrain - Aero Legends/Pegasus

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Aero Legends are pleased to announce the attendance of film star 'Yellow 10', a Hispano Aviacion Buchon. The Hispano Aviacion Buchon was built in Spain. It is to all intents and purposes a Messerschmitt Bf-109 airframe, but this license-built version trades the original Daimler-Benz engine for the Rolls-Royce Merlin.
Aero Legends are pleased to announce the following aircraft to our flying list:
Hispano Aviacion Buchon:
'Yellow 10'
Not an enormous amount is known about this Buchon’s operational life with the Spanish Air Force aside from its construction number 223. In 1968 the airframe was acquired by Spitfire Productions Ltd and duly modified for use in the iconic film ‘Battle of Britain’ - large portions of which were filmed both on location in Spain and at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire. Following completion of filming, this Buchon and 10 others were shipped to the USA by renowned warbird and film pilot Wilson ‘Connie’ Edwards as payment for his involvement in the ‘Battle of Britain’ production.
In 1996 the aircraft returned to Duxford under the ownership of the Old Flying Machine Company; quickly moving on to Breighton Airfield in Yorkshire, where the Real Aeroplane Company began a restoration back to airworthy condition. This concluded with a maiden flight in mid-2006 in the hands of Nigel Lamb, in November 2006 the aircraft was purchased by the Aircraft Restoration Company and the aircraft returned ‘home’ to Duxford in due course.
The Buchon has since starred in several notable productions –Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ and most recently for the BBC drama series ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes.’ These various roles have required the Buchon to adopt numerous temporary colour schemes and undergo several changes of identity.
This aircraft really add to the theme of the 'Golden' Age of Aviation, grab your tickets now for a weekend to remember and go back to a bygone era of aviation.

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