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 …
TFC at Duxford September Airshow
Our photo report on TFC at the show on Saturday and Sunday, others will have pictures on the internet of Lancasters, a 727 and other assorted goodies. A much busier day for us on the stand and VEAO in the hangar. Video of our planes in action will be along later:
Where to find us this weekend
OK, The DCS guys are in the hangar with P40, P-51, Fw190 demos and more. Friends of TFC are out by hangar 3 in a marquee thingy with merchandise, goodys , membership renewals and people who like to talk about old aeroplanes. The Fighter Collection have a few aeroplanes in the display, you can check out some of the practice …
More Preparations for the Weekend
At Duxford today even the slightly murky weather could not put a stop to TFC activity, with the H75 having an air test, Gladiator and the Willis jeep departing for the Goodwood Revival and the P-40F was also up for a test flight. On the subject of the P-40F, our friends at VEAO have sent us an exclusive public release images …
One day in June and getting busy
Sunday 22nd June and a busy day in the hangar and on the airfield. A full post today with both video record and photos of the days activity: …and now the photos of the action -first a display by Spitfire MkVb EP120 and then the first flight this year of the Curtiss P-40F. Note: we also had a practice with …
Seven Days in June
With a great thanks to TFC engineers for the video clips, 7 days in June! Here are TFC planes doing what they like best! Operating. For optimum enjoyment set the volume at 11.
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′]
Pre October show pics
As promised, pics from today. Hope to see you all whatever the weather! Patrice in the Hawk 75 Brian and Alan in P-40s Anna and Staggerwing
Day before the show
Should have some pics later on but latest is that Hawk 75 and both P-40s have been up and about to day in preparation for the display tomorrow.