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#spotting-report<br />
The Flying Legends Airshow<br />
seen by a Spotter<br />
by Davide Olivati<br />
It is many years that, unfailingly, in July I go to Duxford’s Flying Legends Airshow. I<br />
know by heart all the paths, shortcuts, hangars and garages, but this year I’d like<br />
to tell about this airshow from the point of view of a spotter who, for the first time,<br />
enters the gates of the Imperial War Museum, in Cambridgshire, to attend the best<br />
warbirds air show in Europe.<br />
It is surely a challenging trip because is expensive and requires a careful planning,<br />
unless you wanto to deprive yourself of a good part of the show, not being present<br />
on both Saturday and Sunday.<br />
My flight arrived in London Stansted airport, where many low cost carriers operate<br />
a lot of flights from anywhere in Europe, so you can choose to be in England<br />
the Friday before the show and to return the following Monday. This airport is near<br />
enough Duxford.<br />
A car can give you the right freedom of movement from your hotel to the airfield,<br />
so I warmly suggest to rent a car, if you book in advance you can find very<br />
convenient fares. In my many travels to Duxford for the Flying Legends the average<br />
time seat in the car has never past the half hour, even if the roads around Duxford<br />
are all busy ways.<br />
A very nice thing in Duxford is that, despite being the Flying Legends a mass event<br />
which draws thousands of people, I never spent a minute waiting at the gates for<br />
the access in the morning and for the exit in the evening.<br />
You should book in advance also your accomodation if you want to book a room<br />
near Duxford. If you haven’t special needs you can book a room at the Travelodge<br />
or at the Daisy Inn hotels that you can find in service areas near the main roads<br />
between London and Cambridge. If you book late and/or need more services, you<br />
can search for the hotels near Stansted Airport or choose an accomodation in<br />
Cambridge, both more expensive locations which offer more comfortable rooms<br />
and are better served by pubs and restaurants.<br />
230 <strong>Spotters</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>
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