Comet

There was a sense of history being made at the Old Flying Machine Company's Classic Jet and Fighter Airshow at Duxford in 1996 as preservationists continue to push the boundaries of civil operation of ex-military jets.

Glorious weather backed a flying cavalcade of over 20 pioneering jet aircraft of a dozen different types. Martin Baker's Meteor represented the genesis of jet power and the ubiquitious Hawker Hunter thoroughbred made its debut in OFMC hands.