This site was last updated 16th July 2010
I hope you all had a superb Flying Legends weekend!
I'm pleased to say that the "Foreigners Guide" now have been updated for 2011! Some new tips and tricks, including a special t-shirt color NOT to wear, more pub spots to check out, and a sad Gold Pas discovery of 2010! Read more...
"It must be Arne Austeens grave"
Journalist Asbjørn Svarstad claims that a grave found in Germany can't be anything else than Norwegian Spitfire-pilot and war-hero Arne Austeens last resting place. Read the translated Norwegian article here, and read www.spitfirepilots.com own verdict and comments on this case. Read more...
The dream of Legends
I will never forget my first visit to Duxford and Flying Legends. Me and a friend of mine came up from London after a late evening drinking beer at a pub in Piccadilly Circus. While my friend was quite hungover, I felt fine. Oddly enough. I didn't know what to expect though. As a long-time historic aviation "fan" since the age of 7, I had never dug into the British airshow scene simply because I never had the chance to go to the UK to take it all in. Read more...
If anyone is wondering about the identify of the pilots presented in the new logo. Here's their names and a little info (left to right)
Leif Lundsten (Østre Toten, Norway). 331 squadron leader 1944. Shot down and killed by mistake by Allied naval forces just after D-Day.
Arne Austeen (Gjøvik, Norway) 64, 611, 331 and 126 Squadron. Sqr. leader of 331 and 126. Shot down and killed 4th of May 1945. (see article on this site)
Pilots of 332 squadron, 1943, North Weald, UK.
Adolph "Sailor" Malan (Wellington, Cape Province, South Africa). Battle of Britain hero. The name speaks for itself!
Rolf Arne Berg (Orkanger, Norway). 331 squadron leader. Shot down and killed by flak over Holland, February 1945. See article.
Johnnie Johnson (Barrow upon Soar, England). Allied top scorer of WW2. Again, name speaks for itself!