TWO iconic vintage fighter planes will be flown over Tractor Fest at Newby Hall in June, it has been announced.
A Hawker Hurricane from the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) will fly over the show on Friday, June 3 followed by the iconic Spitfire on Sunday, June 5.
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Tractor Fest is being held over the Bank Holiday Platinum Jubilee weekend – three days of celebrations to mark the Queen’s 70th anniversary as monarch.
Organisers are delighted to have secured the double flypast to make the Jubilee weekend even more special for visitors to Tractor Fest.
Kevin Watson, chair of the Yorkshire Vintage Association, said: “We are thrilled to have the BBMF flypast on two days of Tractor Fest.
"It will be an exciting and fitting tribute as we celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee over three days.”
The BBMF operates from RAF Coningsby, a Typhoon base in Lincolnshire.
It operates six Spitfires, two Hurricanes, a Lancaster, a C47 Dakota, and two Chipmunk aircraft for training.
The aircraft are flown by regular RAF aircrew.
The Hawker Hurricane’s role in the Battle of Britain in 1940 was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire but it actually inflicted 60 per cent of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the engagement.
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There are only 12 airworthy Hurricanes left in the world and the BBMF operates two of them.
The iconic Supermarine Spitfire was also critical in defeating Luftwaffe air attacks during the Battle of Britian.
More Spitfires were built than any other British combat aircraft before or since World War 2.
The BBMF has six Spitfires.
Tractor Fest is the UK’s largest tractor festival and takes place at award-winning country house and gardens Newby Hall, North Yorkshire from June 3 to 5.
The event will showcase thousands of vintage tractors and modern marques, stationary engines, commercial vehicles, cars, lorries and motorcycles along with other attractions.
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