I know this is a model forum, but some of you are Spitfire mad!
This is a cut and past from the sevenoaks local paper. I have been in touch with Biggin, and they say the airfield will be closed to the general public, but I'm sure some of you may be interested enough to contact the airport and waffle your way to a pass for the day!
Vintage planes from across Britain will take off from Biggin Hill and fly a series of sorties over southern England.
More than 20 aircraft - including the last four Hurricanes still operational in Britain - are being lined up for the ultimate flypast this summer to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
Organisers at Biggin Hill’s Heritage Hangar have chosen Tuesday, August 18, for the spectacle – the date of The Hardest Day, when dogfighting in Kent’s skies reached its savage peak.
Robin Brooks from the Hangar told the Chronicle the mass formation will break up into three flights after taking off from Biggin Hill.
“The first flight will head down to the Isle of Wight, over the Solent and Portsmouth before returning back to Biggin,” he said.
“The second will fly east over Dover, Hawkinge and the national memorial at Capel-le-Ferne.
“And the third will pass over West Malling, Detling and Gravesend before returning to patrol over Biggin in an act of protecting the airfield while the first two flights return from the Isle of Wight and Dover and land. Once they’re down, the patrolling aircraft will come in - as was the case of Nos 32 and 610 Squadrons in August 1940.”
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Cheers
Steve
