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The 'Jug' is making a very welcome return. 'Jug' as a nickname doesn't really do much to convey just how much of a fearsome beast this incredibly rare WWII icon really is. Fully loaded they could be 8 tonnes. That's three Spitfires. It's actual name is suitably illustrious; The P-47 Thunderbolt. Having an 18 cylinder engine engine belting out 2,000hp helped not only shift all that weight, consisting of over a tonne of rockets, but enabled it to go over 400mph. They were also

It's been a couple of years since we've seen Christophe display here. His very first air display took place at Old Buckenham and it turned out to be the start of an illustrious display career for France's Christophe Simon. He went on to display all over the UK at illustrious venues like Duxford and one particular display at RAF Cosford resulted in Christophe being awarded the reserved-for-the-very-best Bill Hartree Award for Best Flown Display. Since then he's got even better

A few years ago our friends at Ultimate Warbirds offered us a display from their 'new' P-51 Mustang, "Jersey Jerk". Back then there was a photo, but only of the aircraft on the ground. That was more than sufficient for us to say yes - they're famed worldwide for having some of the most iconic and perfect aircraft in existence. It was a very safe bet, and it paid off. Roll forward a few years and "Jersey Jerk" is a firm favourite at Airshows all over the UK. We were very lucky

As Old Buckenham remains the UK's centre of electric flight, it would be quite wrong not to make use of the UK's first Electric Aircraft Charger and welcome back the World's only Electric Aircraft Display Team - NEBO Air's Electric Arrows. Sam and Alex are back in the cockpit, whilst Team Principal Kerry will be looking after everything on the ground. Everything on the ground covers a lot of things and mostly a rather large plug attached to the solar charger which provides al

Firstly, no, it's not a helicopter. This remarkable looking machine is an autogyro and its the first time we've welcomed it and Peter, the pilot and owner, to Old Buckenham. The big rotor you can see is rotated not by an engine but the wind. It's given a helping hand by the engine to get spinning on the ground, but when that's done there's only a propeller at the back which pushes the aircraft along, rotates the rotors and then by some wizardry the entire machine can take fl

Some of you will be wondering what 'MH434' means. It may appear a little odd that we've decided to push the boat out and focus the airshow on five digits which are, essentially, a registration number. But a lot of you know exactly what we mean and pretty much all of you in fact do and maybe don't realise it. That's because, even if you've never been to an Airshow before, we'll assume you've seen a movie, or a TV programme or seen a picture of a Spitfire and so you know what a

Every so often someone comes along who just has that certain extra something. A complete inability to be dull and a healthy understanding that actually, yes, the rules of physics do exist but can be adjusted are some of the endearing qualities which mean not only have we listened to the crowd, but we can have an old friend back. He's called Rich and he qualifies as more than having that extra something. He's assuredly not dull and the laws of physics, well they can be adjuste

Let's start with the least well kept secret of the lot. There are some aircraft that you just know we'll book every single time. In this particular instance it's simple as to why - nowhere in aviation has there been, or indeed will there be, such an improbable, brilliant and important tale for the ages. For a start, the only B-17 Flying Fortress outside of the United States, Sally B, commemorates 79,000 Allied Airmen who fought in WWII in the skies over Europe. There are few

If you came in 2025 you'll know that we've managed to create a serious problem for ourselves. We celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Sally B on the Airshow circuit by having 50 aircraft in the lineup and our Guest of Honour was, as always, Elly Sallingboe BEM her superhuman operator. Spoiler alert, we have one easy decision every year; if Elly is joining us then she's the Guest of Honour. We believe that Elly will be with us once more, so sorry Tom Cruise - you probably wo