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At the same time we celebrate 80 years of DeHavilland's least fearsomely named aircraft, the Chipmunk, here's something in the way of contrast. It's also 80, as like the Chipmunk it first flew in 1946. That's where the similarity ends. The Vampire's single jet engine belts out a bit more power than the Chipmunk so it goes a bit quicker and climbs a bit faster. 138mph v. 548 mph and 900 feet a minute v. 4,800. However, those pilots who first flew on the Chipmunk often progress

Well it's both actually. It's been some time since we've been fortunate enough to have Miss Pick Up, a Consolidated PBY Catalina come and dwarf almost everything else at the Airshow. The boat bit is because the aircraft was originally intended to be a very long range patrol bomber, intended to seek out and sink enemy ships. It's considerable abilities soon meant that it's role was expanded massively and it proved superb at escorting convoys, destroying submarines, shifting ca

It missed WWII by a year and doesn't exactly have the most fearsome name in aviation, but there are few trainers as influential and long lived as DeHavilland's Chipmunk. And by long lived, what we mean is that the RAF were still using them in 1996, so 50 years service. Some of it was Royal. His Majesty completed his first solo flight in one in 1969 and held a pilots licence shortly afterwards. They're still used for training today, and by display teams all over the globe. In

For those who haven't been present when four tiny, VW Beetle engined aircraft have stolen the show, here's a chance to see a team who proudly fly in the colours of the Early Learning Centre; the Turbulent Team. Turbulent, in this case refers to their aircraft of choice, a tiny device called a Druine Turbulent. So tiny in fact that the intrepid members of the team don't actually fully fit into them, so they're a bit cold but have a very clear view of what's ahead. This is a pa

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

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