Throw in a P-51 Mustang, a gaggle of Spitfires, the world’s only two-seater Hawker Hurricane, a Bucker Jungmeister – which competed in the1936 Olympic games as an aerobatic display entrant – and a 1933 Moth Major – the type of plane used by Amy Johnson on her pioneering flight to Australia – the scope of airframes and stories to explore is dizzying.
Thankfully, the responsibility of crowning best in show lies in someone else’s capable hands. No easy task judging by this lot…
Photography by Tom Baigent.