Duxford rounded off it's season with it's now traditional flying finale and I was really pleased to be going after a couple of years of missing it (check out my 2021 and 2022 reviews).
London in the distance
Autumn colours coming out on the motorway
Unfortunately the colours weren't the only effect Autumn had on the day as we were hit by the first storm of the season bringing high winds which put the day's flying in real doubt.
The sign in the shop said it all
Some Christmas shopping 😂
It was crazily windy so I took refuge in the AirSpace hanger.
The strangest looking Hurricane I've ever seen
One of the original briefing boards used to plot D Day
Concorde
Phantom
A beautifully painted Gloucester Javelin
The Red Arrows had based themselves at RAF Mildenhall to give themselves the best chance of being able to display as it's just down the road. This meant that the pilots were able to come to Duxford and meet the public.
Like the good plane geek I am I joined the crowd to get their autographs which was super cool. Although I still can't believe I managed to miss Red 4 😂
The organisers tried to get the flying display started with the Catalina who put on a valiant display.
Unfortunately the wind was too strong for any other aircraft to take off and all that was flying was the leaves.
Duxford's newest resident
To everyone's delight the wind dropped a little which meant that the RAF Typhoon was able to come in and display. This year's display has been phenomenal and it was great to hear the scream of the engines one more time and I think they turned up the noise just for me 😉
The show was rounded off in style but the Red Arrows who were of course well worth the wait in the chilly wind. I'll never get bored of seeing their amazing routine.
The 'diamond 8' (I had nothing to do with the missing one going tech!)
Sally B had the best seat in the house
Hanna Pass
The final synchro pair pass of 2025
You can check out my video of the show here -
The beautiful sunset as we were going over the Queen Elizabeth 2 bridge
The moon made an appearance too
Despite the limited flying it was still a great day. The organisers at Duxford deserve a massive round of applause for getting what aircraft they could in the air and it's been another great season for them. I'll be writing up a review of the 2025 season as a whole in the next month or so as well as editing my 'best of 2025' YouTube videos. The Chinook one has gone up already -
