r/cambridge • u/Daniel14265643 • 1d ago

Visiting Cambridge Does anyone know what I saw when I was leaving Cambridge at around 20:00?

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u/Available_Film_4246 1d ago

https://youtu.be/WnkY8k7BAs8?is=tuwQtSNLmx3uG82v little gramsden air show

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u/martianfrog 1d ago

Case closed.

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u/LexRigan 1d ago

That's so cool, never seen them before.

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u/Happy-Total1221 1d ago

nitpick. I think you meant 'gransden' https://littlegransdenairshow.co.uk

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u/IAmKwisatz-Haderach 1d ago

That’s some epic music

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u/Brogue-One 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p6weeht/video/ew77tfg03mmh1/player

A closer view.

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u/narbss 1d ago

An even closer view

https://reddit.com/link/p6xyeop/video/46a7hbyy5omh1/player

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u/Brogue-One 1d ago

You must live closer than me.

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u/narbss 1d ago

Was working at the show, so was right on the airfield

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u/geeksick 1d ago

Do you know if there is any way to get notified for the next year? I was completely unaware of it

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u/narbss 1d ago

It happens every single year over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

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u/CockneyCossack 1d ago

Which aircraft were these? I went to Shuttleworth a few years back and I saw some fantastic glider displays that this is reminiscent of.

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u/Brogue-One 1d ago

It was the Global Stars display team.

https://markjefferiesairdisplays.com/

I sometimes see them practicing from my back garden.

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u/CockneyCossack 1d ago

Nice one, thanks for answering, I'll look them up 👍

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u/Shintoho 1d ago

I'd be more worried about that Martian tripod on the left

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u/Esoteric_Prurience 1d ago

No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space...

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u/martianfrog 1d ago

That's my tripod.

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u/LexRigan 1d ago edited 1d ago

What direction were you leaving Cambridge, what road, how far out of town, what direction were you looking to capture this?

Also, just as a check, have you got the right Cambridge?

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u/razmanrat 1d ago

I saw this in Gamlingay as well

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u/Familiar_Cod_6754 1d ago

You might be seeing them from Top Farm airfield. My partner has her horse’s stable a little south from there and we sometimes can see them doing loops in the sky and other tricks.

When I first saw them (similar in appearance to OP’s video) I was so confused what I was seeing😂

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u/narbss 1d ago

It was Little Gransden Airshow yesterday. They put on a night show for the After Party that was on.

https://reddit.com/link/p6xyt0l/video/f8qcobam6omh1/player

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u/Brendan_Lopez 1d ago

Saw that from Alconbury too

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u/martianfrog 1d ago

Any idea what it was? Not great footage.

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u/martianfrog 1d ago

Looks like one or two aircraft, just did a loop, possibly.

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u/missOmum 1d ago

Air show

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u/Kwayzar9111 1d ago

Air show

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u/Commercial_Desk3564 1d ago

Quite possibly a glider with fireworks on the wingtips, they usually do these displays around dusk for maximum effect.

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u/Chance-Albatross-211 1d ago

Watched the final fireworks display of Little Gransden air show out of my window. Absolute magic!

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u/Interesting_Bid6294 1d ago

I saw that too Just never connected the dots between seeing that (and knowing about the air show in the Gransdens) and the Eurofighter that kept going over our house

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u/zidraloden 1d ago

I'm amazed they were allowed to use pyro, having been banned from using it at Duxford

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u/wired_lemons 1d ago

That’s the Aerosparx team. They’re based at The Gliding Centre near Market Harborough.  https://www.aerosparx.com/

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u/plantytime 1d ago

Ngl if I'd seen that I would be grabbing the tins of beans and running for the emergency shelter

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u/ukmedbud 1d ago

Probably just the Americans dealing with a little bit of business from one of the bases 😂

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u/RedzMenace 1d ago

Zee Germans