There is definitely something to be said for 'out-of-season' airshows. As I write, on the first weekend of November, it seems hard to credit that the last proper flying display of 2019 took place just two weeks ago. This was IWM Duxford's final Showcase Day of the year, an excellent afternoon's aviating involving no fewer than 19 based aircraft from several of the local operators. It was the latest of these events, smaller and less formal in nature than a full Duxford airshow, but which have proved highly popular, and presented some unusual and imaginative spectacles. For example, August's showcase featured a Desert War duo of P-40F and Spitfire Vc; October's included several rare formations, among them a Lysander and Hurricane I tailchase. After so much of the flying programme at the Shuttleworth Collection's Race Day a fortnight earlier was canned due to strong winds, Duxford was, by all accounts, a delightful way to end the season.
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