The Fighter Collection

Sundays activity

chris — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:50 +0000

An early start with the Mk XIV departing for Holland and the P40-F was up and about for a couple of practice displays:

Snafu at La Ferte Alais

chris — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:18 +0000

P-47 now met up with the Hawk at La Ferte

16 May – video diary

chris — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:59:50 +0000

Well, that isn’t strictly true. I was only there for twenty minutes – but the right twenty minutes as you can see:

P-47 departs for France

chris — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:34:56 +0000

P-47 departs for La Ferte this afternoon.

What’s in the container -revealed!

chris — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:39:19 +0000

Thursday 09 May and the doors are opened….

Wildcat has engine run up

chris — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:36:46 +0000

Update from the hangar window, Wildcat dusting out the cobwebs this morning:

Gladiator the Video

chris — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:01:58 +0000

Rob managed to push the video button on his camera while snapping away, this is part 1 of his video experience, worth it for the audio alone…

A Quick reminder about Flying Legends tickets and more Gladiator stuff

chris — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:22:04 +0000

With planning well underway (and under wraps) we can report that Gold Pass ticket sales are over 20% above this time last year. With Saturday selling out now might be the time to ensure your ticket for the place to be at Flying Legends 2013! More on booking your tickets HERE

Thanks to Rob Scott for the fast work with the pics.

May 1st Gladiator – Test Flight

chris — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:54:05 +0000

The Fighter Collection Gladiator has just landed after a satisfactory test flight -

Busy weekend at Duxford

chris — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:08:30 +0000

Practice displays and flights by two very different TFC aircraft.

The P40b did some practice display work and the Carbon Cub gave a contrasting view of airmanship. More contrasts on Sunday – one of the newest Cubs was joined by one of the oldest Cubs! Thanks to Brian Marshall for the pictures: