Just like a number 9 bus, all quiet and then they all take off together! great day, great flying, hope to see you all at the week end
Corsair, Harvard and Hawk action
Today was action packed with several Harvard flights, along with practice displays from Alan Wade in the Corsair and Brian Smith in the Hawk 75.
La Ferte Alais
Harry was sent to record TFC at LaFerte this year. His report is short on the written word due to a strange encounter with French hospitality, this is what he remembers: TFC’s deployment to La Ferte Alais this year consisted of the MkVB Spitfire and the Hawk 75, arriving in the safe hands of Nick Grey and Patrice Marchasson respectively, with the Spitfire …
La Ferte 2016
Our photographer sent these through last night, as he is a photographer he doesn’t do writing so we will have to guess what was going on. First off, Bob and Chris M. take a well earned rest having just enjoyed the best of French cuisine. Next up Roy (you can never be too careful) Smith finishes re-arming EP120, “just in …
Christmas 2015 Best Wishes
Wishing all our Friends and followers seasons greetings. Click on any image below to view the gallery We will be doing a few updates to the website over the Christmas break including a transfer to a new server. We may briefly be off air for a short period of time but we will be right back!
August News and Wallpaper Downloads
Nearly a month since Flying Legends 2015 , this months wallpaper is something unique to Flying Legends 2015 , our Hawk 75 & P-36C tucked in close! Elsewhere we are getting back to normal, whatever that is! The online shop is back after a break for Flying Legends and stocktaking. A change we have made for Friends of TFC, if …
The day after yesterday
With all our efforts for the last few months focused on a certain weekend in July (Flying Legends) the morning after is somewhat of an anticlimax and leaves one thinking what on earth do we do now …..? Well the first thing to do is to thank everybody for their time and contribution (our volunteers not only give up their …
Departing to La Ferte Alais
The Hawk and Gladiator are now at La Ferte – Alais after departing Duxford this morning.
We are getting dressed again
A quick view of the hangar with more bits being put back on the aeroplanes than taken off since the last update.
Legends – the true meaning
On Thursday we had a visitor to the hangar. John Cronin was a Fleet Air Arm pilot in 1945, completed his flying training on the Cornell and Harvard before going on to the Martlet (Wildcat) He managed eight deck landings on an aircraft carrier with a collapsed oleo “on the wrong side” which made the take-off swing even worse than …