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! And Finally how much can you fit in a Mustang? Hope to see you tomorrow!
A Thursday at The Fighter Collection
What better way to spend a Thursday. Flights by the Hellcat, Nimrod and two from the P-51, which did an impressive display on return to Duxford.
Up Close and Personal
Nimrod mid service: Mustang Propellor: And Finally the Hellcat:
Seven Days in May
In the 7 days leading up to the IWM air display at the end of May TFC were “busy”. Despite this they managed to grab a few clips of video. We were also lucky enough to catch the TFC Hellcat (thanks to Pete C from veao who were setting up the Flight Sim stuff in the hangar at the time …
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 …
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: Next off to clean the Hellcat and Spitfire which had been covered with dust during the floor repairs …
More Hellcat progress
More news on the installation of the new Carburettor. 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 Progress
A busy day at Hangar 2. With the removal of the old Carburettor previously and the arrival of the new carb back from the ‘states work will start later this week on fitting the replacement. Comparison view for carb …
January 2014 pictures from Hangar 2
We were lucky enough to have a visit from Harry Measures and his camera today – as you can see in the slideshow below most of the aircraft are receiving some winter tlc at the moment. [slideshow_deploy id=’2355′]
Hellcat Engine Run
That was the plan anyway -Hellcat has just been out onto airfield and then the rains came….and no that doesn’t mean it will be flying at the display this week end! Martyn C caught these pictures just before the weather changed Spitfire Mk Vb and Hawk 75 have also been out for engine run ups, pictures may well follow. …
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