Flettrek23 was bookended by airshows, Shuttleworth on June 4 and Flying Legends on July 15 and 16. Flying Legends had always been staged at Duxford but (apparently) they were basically evicted in 2019. In 2023, after a lot of searching and reorganising, Flying Legends was held again but at East Leeds Airport which had been RAF Church Fenton, an historic military airfield. I bought tickets before leaving Australia and, luckily as it turned out, I bought the posh tickets which included preferential parking, a reserved viewing area AND a marquee!
Well, on the day, the weather forecast was dire and the actual day was even more extreme than the forecast! There was rain, hail, thunder, lightning and sunshine and the posh marquee was about the only available protection on the whole Aerodrome. I could stand in the reserved viewing area, take photos and literally run for the marquee as the thunder squalls flew across the event. At one stage I didn’t think that the flying display would even proceed, but thankfully it did.
These first 2 photos were taken within minutes it each other…..
I was targeting a particular aircraft which has a rich connection with Australia having been flown by its Australian owner, Sidney Cotton, over Germany secretly photographing military facilities in the days immediately prior to WW2! It was at the airshow but covered against the elements and stayed firmly on the ground.
Those who know me won’t be surprised to find out that, in spite of the weather, I still ended the day with over 1000 images with just a few below…….
With this post finishing appropriately with Thunderbolt and Lightning, very, very frightening……..
flettrek 
Great photos! I regret not going to the 2023 Flying Legends at its new venue. Looks like a great show.
Ian