Flightpath AugustSeptemberOctober 2017

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LEFT:Hurricanes lined up on

the grass at Duxford.

ABOVE:‘The Horsemen’ at

rest. Duxford is a former 78th

Fighter Group Mustang base.

ABOVE:Dunkirk veteran
Hurricane P2902/G-ROBT
made its first post-
restoration flight shortly
before the event.

RIGHT:‘The Horsemen’.

ABOVEFARLEFT:Richard Grace and Pete Kynsey flew a

formation aerobatic routine reminiscent of Ray Hanna

and Stephen Grey twenty years before.

ABOVE LEFT:‘Frenesi’wasoneoftwo Mustangs brought

across the Atlantic for the show.

ABOVE:A pair of early Spitfires cavorting over Duxford.

FARLEFT:TheSwissformationofaDC-3andtwoBeech 18s put on

an energetic routine. [All images Mike Shreeve]

ABOVE LEFT; ARCo’s Duxford-based Buchon wore a temporary

North African campaign scheme for the event.

ABOVE:Each day’s flying program opened with a nine Spitfire

flypast and tail chase.