Duxford Aerodrome

The most important newcomer to the Warbird scene in 1991 was the Me109G rebuilt at RAF Benson. Flying in public for the first time at Duxford's September show, the sight of a genuine Me 109 and the sound of its Daimler Benz engine was an enormous thrill.

Our video features this and concentrates on the Warbird action at the September and October shows.

Includes:

BAe Woodford '90.

Woodford is the site of the historic Avro company and highlights of this years show are the Vulcans 30th birthday plus a rare display by a FRADU single seat hunter.

Army Air Corps Middle Wallop '90

Choppers rule at this beautiful and historic grass strip airfield and the 'mass approach' of over 80 helicopters is spectacular. The veteran Whirlwind and lethal Apache are rare display items.

Includes:

(USAF) Alconbury '90

Beautiful weather greet La Patrouille France display team, the home based A10 and TR1 'spy' plane and several historic American warbirds.

Flypast Excerpts

In these excerpts from programme number 29 'Battle of Britain Flypast' we go behind the scenes of preparations, taxi-ing and take offs of some of the types in the big Buckingham Palace flypast.

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.

Never before have so many warbirds been seen in teh air together at a UK display! A staggering 39 strong mass formation was the culmination of a series of spectacular scenarios, seamlessly interwoven into non-stop action. These included:- Nine Mustangs and three B-25 Mitchells, Ten Spitfires, mosquito, Me 109G, Tigercat debut and four Skyraiders! This video features every aircraft to display plus exciting airbourne and air-to-air sequences. Narration is kept short in favour of hi-fi stereo location sound.

All the highlights and the very best aviation action from the biggest British airshows of 1996! Spitfire Diamond Jubilee Airshow Duxford, Classic Jets and Fighters Airshow Duxford, Mildenhall Air Fete '96, Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Waddington, Old Warden, Woodford, Middle Wallop, International Air Tattoo '96, Farnborough '96, Fighter Meet, North Weald and more!

Three full hours of the best in British Aviation action!

Over 200 displays in a spectacular all-action cavalcade form 27 events, expertly captured by Aviation Action, the UK's most experienced airshow video producer by far. You'll see aircraft from every era in this video from the pioneers and warbirds at the Shuttleworth Collection's idyllic grass airfield to the heavy metal action at the big RAF and USAF bases. We feature in particular the USAF's official 50th anniversary show with the B2 'Stealth Bomber' and the Thunderbirds display team.

The complete Airshows 98 covers 23 UK events, one in Switzerland and one in the USA and is the best yet in Aviation Action's 10 years of making airshow highlight programmes. Enjoy the exciting action through expert use of multiple ground based cameras plus cockpit cameras in the SU27 'Flanker', Tornado, Meteor, Se5, Constellation, Red Arrows and more...