Flying Legends
| Flying Legends | |
|---|---|
 Restored Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Flying Legends 2014 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Air show |
| Dates | July |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Leeds East Airport, North Yorkshire |
| Country | U.K. |
| Website | http://www.flyinglegends.com/ |
Flying Legends is a two-day airshow in England, originally held in July every year. The airshow features only warbird and vintage aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, North American P-51 Mustang and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B. It is run by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, formerly RAF Duxford.
The event took place for some 30 years at Duxford Aerodrome until July 2019, but due to various factors including the COVID-19 pandemic, and business disagreements between Flying Legends and the airfield owner Imperial War Museum, the 2020 event was cancelled. The event planned to move to Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire for 2021, but this too was cancelled.[1][2]
The Flying Legends airshow re-commenced in 2023, this time at a new venue at Leeds East Airport (formerly RAF Church Fenton) in North Yorkshire, taking place on 15th and 16 July 2023.[3][4] The proposed event for 2024 has now also been cancelled, but the organisers state they remain optimistic for 2025.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Flying Legends". British Airshows. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Flying Legends 2021 Cancelled". Flying Legends. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Flying Legends". British Airshows. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Flying Legends 2023". Flying Legends. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Flying Legends 2023". Flying Legends. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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