The big wing reinvented.

We don't have a picture of this as it's never been done before. Those who've come before will be familiar with GI Flight, a group of pilots whose aircraft make a virtue of flying at a fraction the speed of a Spitfire.

Usually the steed of choice is the venerable, but immensely popular, Piper Cub. Capable of flying at 30mph, the Cub proved ideal for scoping out the battlefield during the war, and training hoardes of pilots after it. The last dogfight of WWII wasn't a Spitfire taking down an ME109, but a Cub, taking on a Fieseler Storch. Quite a feat for an aircraft with no guns; in that instance the pilot held his revolver out of the door and won.

So this year we needed to do something a bit different. We've got four Cubs and they'll be up to their usual antics flying very slowly and performing all sorts of tricks. But we needed more, so the Cubs will be followed by a gaggle including the Storch (he may get shot down four times over, who knows) and the British equivalent, the Auster.

There may well be more. The idea behind this is reasonably straightforward; more is almost invariably more. Some other airshows are famous for their assemblies of dozens of Spitfires and other such glamorous, very fast, warbirds. That's all very lovely, but what about a big wing at a quarter the speed (and with aircraft at a fifth the value)? Exactly - you've not seen that before and nor have we, so we haven't got any pictures. You'll have plenty of time to take lots of your own; if there's a stiff breeze they'll be moving along with a ground speed of 20mph.