The Fighter Collection

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  • More from the archive

    So we are sitting in the excellent Duxford Aviation Society volunteers cafe last Sunday and long term TFC volunteer Gareth passes me a DVD and says “thought you might be interested guv”. Too right!

    This is part 1. “Friends of TFC” will be able to watch the “air to air” stuff in part 2 later this week. Roll on Flying Legends then.

  • View from the Office

    Taken in April 2011, view from TFC Hawk 75 cockpit during a tie down engine run.

    TFC Hawk 75 Engine run

  • Flying Legends 2014 – poster

    Flying Legends 2014 poster , you  can almost  hear the  roar of Griffons:

    TFC Flying-Legends 2014

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  • Cheer up video from Eric

    So if you are in the UK it is raining and miserable.  Eric Goujon sent this  link to  cheer us all up and remind us it isn’t that long until July 🙂

  • February 9th update

    Looking around the  hangar and  the winter maintenance continues, if you think you  might like to  volunteer with the  Fighter Collection we  will have an announcement of interest  soon:
    Volunteers cleaning Sea Fury parts
    Sea Fury engine blocks, cleaning

    tfc sea fury parts - paint stripping

     

    Wildcat Engine
    TFC Wildcat

     

    Gladiator Engine
    TFC Gladiator engine

     

    Sea Fury
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    Spitfire Mk 1
    TFC Spitfire mk1

  • Last week of January 2014

    As the  first  month of  2014 comes to an end work  continues around the  hangar.  Since last  week the  Wildcat  has  come into the  maintenance area.

    TFC Wildcat outside Hangar 2

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    wildcat plus martin

     

     

     

     

     

    While the  Corsair and Hellcat await  parts  before undergoing engine  runs.

    TFC Corsair

    The  Spitfire mk XIV is well into  the  winter servicing programme.

    TFC Spit 14

  • TFC Volunteers

    We’ve  been  following the engineers work during the last week.  Today it is the  turn of  the  volunteers.

    So  first thing a  meeting to decide on a plan of  action in a rather  chilly  hangar as the heating was on strike:

    TFC volunteers with Spitfire

     

    Next off to clean the Hellcat
    TFC Hellcat cleaning

    and Spitfire which had been covered with dust during the floor repairs earlier this week.

    TFC Spitfire

  • More Hellcat progress

    More news on the  installation of the  new  Carburettor.

    Hellcat carb installation - 2

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The  pipework is all fitted.  The   induction trunking  is  now on, just waiting for some hoses  then comes the   attachment of the  lower trunking then it’s ground runs 🙂

    Hellcat cab installation-1

     

  • Hellcat Progress

    A  busy  day at  Hangar 2.  With the  removal of the  old  Carburettor previously

    pld hellcat carb

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    and the arrival of the new carb back from the ‘states

    new hellcat carb

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    work will start later  this  week on fitting the replacement.

     

    Comparison view for carb fans:

     

  • Message for Friends of TFC

    Hi, if you are  a  Friend of TFC and click HERE we have updated some video from last year.