Balbo 381891 219737793 2008-06-16T17:39:48Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other :''This article is about the aircraft formation. For the Italian Fascist leader, see [[Italo Balbo]].'' '''Balbo''' was a term in common usage in the late 1930s and early 1940s, used to describe any large formation of [[aircraft]]. Balbos are named after the [[Italians|Italian]] fascist [[Italo Balbo]] who in the 1930s led a series of record-breaking flights that used large aircraft formations to promote Italian [[aviation]]. During the [[Battle of Britain]] it was the term used for the [[Duxford Aerodrome|Duxford]]-based [[Big Wing]]. These days (21st century), a particularly famous balbo can be seen annually at the ‘[[Flying Legends]]’ air display at the former Battle of Britain RAF station, [[Duxford Aerodrome|Duxford]], in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]], where one of the Big Wings was based during the Battle. The flying displays usually end with a balbo of 30 or more [[warbird]] aircraft. The show takes place over a weekend at the beginning of July each year. [[Category:Aerial warfare]] [[it:Balbo (aeronautica)]]