American Air Day at Duxford

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Originally uploaded by Simon Bradshaw

Yesterday Duxford put on a mini air show to mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of the American Air Museum hanger. US aircraft old and new were on display or flying, as were some of Duxford's stalwarts such as the Spitfires and the pleasure-flight Dragon Rapides - one of which has a registration that will amuse akicif.

Pictures of planes, and bits of planes.

Oh dear, my brain has melted again.

Q: What do the following have in common: Anarchy in the UK, Smells like Teen Spirit, Shaft and Life on Mars?

A: I heard them all covered at the Cambridge Folk Festival this afternoon. By the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

They're utterly bonkers, and utterly brilliant. "We don't normally do George Formby," they said, "but here's Leaning on a Lamppost." Played in the style of the Russian balalaika.