The Fighter Collection

Category: Friends of TFC

  • A rather special film

    As you would expect we receive  a lot of brilliant photos and videos and often we share these on our diary  page.  Today we received something extra special.  It is  on YouTube and was  made last week  at Flying Legends:  Thanks to s Jesper Rådegård from Sweden. http://youtu.be/aGFPNZxPr4A   Enjoy.

    We have also made available  a link to our  photos  for those who aren’t able to attend everything  that  goes on at   Duxford.  If you want  printed copies we are starting to upload them HERE

    Finally we are  pleased to announce that  Flying Legends  1 (limited to 300 copies) , an illustrated history of those connected with the  Fighter Collection is now available on our shop page HERE

  • Turned Out Nice Again!

    This morning, the clouds broke in time for a stunning display. Below are some of the highlights with more photos to follow next week. It was also good to meet old and new FoTFC!

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    And Finally how much can you fit in a Mustang?

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    Hope to see you tomorrow!

  • And We’re Off!

    Flying Legends 2014 is now underway, with the Flightline Walk having opened at 0900. Remember the Flightline Walk is free to FoTFC so come and join us today! We have one stand near the control tower and an enclosure opposite the American Air Museum.

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  • Friends of TFC renewals

    A  message for Friends of TFC: 

    We  are  now  midway  through the update of our  subscription upgrade.  You  may  have received a cancellation from PayPal, this is  cancelling your old paypal account with us, don’t worry you are still enrolled in Friends of TFC.

    There are a number of  options you  can follow  depending on when your  subscription expires.  Please click HERE to find out what is  best for  you.

    You  will also see we  have added a  “log in” button to the  right of this page.  This will allow Friends to view an enhanced version of our diary  pages  (once you have upgraded and received a new and simpler password option.  There is no  cost attached  to this upgrade unless your subscription is due this month anyway) .

    Thank you again for your  support, for Friends of TFC

  • TFC at Duxford May Show

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    Great Weather  today !  A few  pictures  of TFC  aircraft and  some of the crew participating in the week end  Great to see and chat to everyone who stopped  by the  Friends of TFC stall:

     

    First the  Flight Simulation department who were  busy  both  dayssmall

    EP120 who  had  great fun in the tail chase with the Buchons and assorted  Spitfires

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    The  Hawk understated as ever

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    Martyn performing checks after the Wildcat displayed

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    and  last the  Wildcat

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  • New arrival at TFC

    With summer  fast  approaching Friends of  TFC have  helped the  engineers by   replacing one of the  oldest and most important   pieces of  equipment in the  inventory.  Never really on show to the  public but  an essential part of the   engineers  toolkit.  You guessed it, a  replacement  Fridge.   No more   doubtful smelling milk, soggy  butter or  unidentified  green stuff lurking at the  back of the  fridge.  The   colour scheme is  based on an authentic white enamel as used across the  UK.

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  • Membership News

    Could Peter Rouse who recently applied for online membership  confirm his email and post code so we  can progress his application?

  • Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn

    It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of one of our Honorary Friends of TFC, Tony Benn.

    We contacted Tony in the late 1990’s when we discovered one of our Fighter Log contributors trained with him in Rhodesia to fly Thunderbolts. Tony replied immediately to confirm he would be delighted to become an Honorary Friend of TFC and spread the word about historic aviation and The Fighter Collection.

    We thank him for all his efforts on our behalf.

  • Fighter Log Spring 2014 available now

    Friends of TFC can access the latest Fighter Log online now. The paper version is at the printers.

    Just click HERE

    FofTFC will notice a slightly different way of accessing the new members pages as we update the site.

  • News about Friends of TFC

    We have made a few changes to the membership benefits of FofTFC – Friends can click HERE to read what they are and why. We are quite excited about the opportunities these changes will allow.