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16 FLYPAST November 2018

AIRSHOW OLD WARDEN

Sky blues,

Blue Skies

T

he Old Warden,

Bedfordshire-based

Shuttleworth Collection

has been blessed with plenty

of superb weather for all of its

air shows this season, and the

Heritage Day (a showcase of its

own aircraft with a few special

guests), on September 2 was

no exception.

Blues skies greeted the very

rare sight of two PRU Blue

Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIs in

formation, with the Hangar 11

Collection’s PL965 (flown by

Peter Teichman, who will shortly

be retiring from display flying –

see pages 52-56), being joined

by former Old Warden resident

PL983, which has recently been

restored by Duxford’s Aircraft

Restoration Company.

The show also included a superb

display from Tobias Ruppel in

Richard Menage’s Focke-Wulf

Fw 44J Stieglitz.

The RAF Battle of Britain

Memorial Flight Dakota was

a welcome visitor, and the

receptive crowd was also

treated to a diverse range of

types from the Shuttleworth

fleet. The last show of the

season takes place on October

7, with a photography night

shoot on October 13.

Darren Harbar witnessed a display by a duo of blue-painted Spitfi re PR.XIs among many other

highlights at the Shuttleworth Collection’s Heritage Day Airshow

Main picture

Two Spitfi re PR.XIs ‘starred’ at September’s

Heritage Day at Old Warden – with Peter

Teichman fl ying Hangar 11’s PL965 (top) and

ARC’s PL983 in the hands of John Romain.

Left

Hawker Sea Hurricane Z7015 (left) with

Hurricane Mk.I P3717.

Right

The BBMF’s Douglas Dakota ZA

‘Kwicherbichen’ was among the larger

participants at the event.