First job was pulling what was needed out of the hangar, before getting fuel for what needed it. Patrice arrived in something that the Wildcat would probably want a word with, and Brian Smith had a quick blast in the Mustang just in case the Wildcat didn’t have a firm enough word with the Zero.
April Desktop
This months desktop is Nick Grey preparing to lead the Mustangs at last years Legends. A reminder it will soon be Legends 2016 – don’t forgot it is advance ticket only, click HERE to purchase your tickets from the Flying Legends website.
New Miss Velma film
Our colonial engineer Lawrence was up in Miss Velma recently with his old super 8 cine camera. We put the results on our Facebook page but if you don’t do Facebook here is the video:
Happy New Year
First engine run of 2016 after enqine maintenance . Fighter Collections TF-51 Miss Velma caught in a rare glimpse of sunny weather between showers at Duxford.
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 …
Another Sunny Day in July
‘Hot off the press’ – CAA Surveyor has issued the full Permit to Fly for G-CIIO which now makes it officially the one and only certified P-40C in Europe….. Grateful thanks to Mike and Neil (and all at GA Unit), not forgetting Dave and John at ACRO Aeronautical Services for making this possible. Oh and we flew a few aircraft …
News from the hangar
Our chief engineer has found a gap in his schedule to update everyone on where we are with aeroplanes. “With the ‘Tea’ things washed up (giving away my northern roots here) it was time for a strong coffee and think about a hangar update……! This weekend has seen us busy completing the shakedown flights and test flying of the Curtiss …
Just another sunny day in July
No less than three flights from the P-40C (Sunshine and Silver aeroplanes, yes), then one from Miss Velma. The American team have arrived and wisely stayed in the hangar (and shade) while they put the P-36 together
View from the Office
Martyn decided he wanted to go to Holland at the end of May. As luck would have it our Mustang and Corsair were going that way.
Hangar update for end of May
This would usually be part of the Online Fighter Log update available to Friends of TFC- it answers a lot of “which aircraft was where and when this week end” type questions so here you go: A busy weekend in May…. The Hawk75 and Gladiator made our first European outing of the 2015 season with Stephen and Patrice at the …