October Hangar Catch up
With the winter drawing ever closer, the flying season is has drawn to a close and so the engineers set about servicing the aircraft. Currently the Gladiator is in in a rather revealing mode with a chance to catch some interesting internal detail, elswhere the Hellcat and Wildcat now carry engine inhibited warnings. Among other happenings this week one of our …
Gladiator in the prizes
Gloster Gladiator II G-GLAD takes second place in the Freddie March Spirit of Aviation concours d’elegance at Goodwood Revival. Even after a through preparation by the boys and girls at TFC, and a flyaway crew to add show sparkle on arrival at Goodwood, we were narrowly beaten into the runner up spot by a superbly detailed Cessna 195 Business Liner. …
TFC at the Duxford Airshow
A rather successful day today saw some of our fleet up in the air.
FOTFC Stand Open!
We’ve got our stand up and running, just opposite the control tower – Come and say hello (and have look at an Allison V-1710) !
Goodwood Update
Well both the Gladiator and Jeep arrived safely at Goodwood for the revival, here are a few photos. An update on todays flying activity will follow later!
Duxford September Airshow update number 1
As usual it is a busy lead up to the September airshow with engine and airtests. The P40F was out today for a run up. That brings us rater neatly on to the weekend and what you can see from the Fighter Collection. We will have more news as the week rolls on. As well as a number of our …
Gladiator goes to see a friend at Old Warden
Today the Gladiator made the trip out to Old Warden to display alongside the Shuttleworth Collection’s example, Pilot Brian Smith and Engineer Paul Treadaway were along to make sure she behaved:
Shoreham Departure
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Fleet Returns!
This evening saw the Hellcat, Corsair, Mustang and Gladiator return to Duxford in some lovely evening light. The Bearcat has been slightly naughty and will be returning soon.