Croft Nostalgia Festival 5th 6thAug

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Croft Nostalgia Festival 5th 6thAug

Postby Fred Dukes » Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:20 pm

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Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 August
The Croft Nostalgia Festival returns next weekend for two days of entertainment both on and off the track and in the skies.

On-track, iconic race cars from yesteryear will relive old duels, with classics from every era packing the paddock and offering visitors the opportunity to swoon over dazzling D-types, fabulous Ferraris and muscular Mustangs.

In the Skies, the star of the show will unquestionably be the legendary Avro Lancaster bomber – part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight [BBMF] – which will take to the skies over Croft on the Sunday, much like it did back in World War Two when the Royal Canadian Air Force was based at the circuit during the hostilities.

Off-track, a single-seat Spitfire fighter plane, an RAF Auster British military reconnaissance aircraft, an RAF Chipmunk trainer and – from Germany – a Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann, the type of aircraft that gained international recognition when it was stolen by Hollywood hero James Garner in 1963 epic ‘The Great Escape’, as he attempted to fly himself and Donald Pleasance to Switzerland.

Visitors will be similarly enthralled by the presence of a 30-tonne Sherman battle tank, an FV432 armoured personnel carrier, an Alvis Stalwart amphibious truck, a Humber Pig lightly armoured truck, myriad Ford and Willys Jeeps and a brace of static aero engines that will be run on a regular basis over the weekend.
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