Confirmation that the Bearcat is at La Ferte via Greg Some news for Friends of TFC. After a number of very late nights we are nearly ready to change over the way your subscriptions and access to FofTFC pages work. This might seem like a simple task it isn’t! We will try and take this in stages but we are …
So you want to fly a Mustang ?
Don’t we all! The team from virtual-aerobatics.com will be on hand over the week end in Hangar 2 at Duxford to provide demonstrations and “have a go” sessions on DCS Flight Simulation software including the P-51 , all in view of TF-51, Miss Velma. So why not try your hand or have a go with the BAE Hawk and …
Duxford in the morning
Great picture to start the day. TFC Spitfire Mk V, EP120 out on the ramp ready for engine runs – and all before 8:00 in the morning!
20 Years of Flying Legends
Steve has done yet another amazing video, this time looking back over 20 years of Flying Legends. You can watch it by clicking HERE
Flying Legends 2014 News
FLYING LEGENDS 2014 A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME…. The Fighter Collection are delighted to announce initial Participants for Flying Legends 2014 In the forthcoming weeks we will be updating this list as aircraft are confirmed. In the meantime we hope you are pleased to hear that the following will be displaying over the weekend of 12th and …
Engine Runs
Aeroplanes are proving more reliable than our web server at present. We had hoped to bring some real time updates but suffice to say the Bearcat/Wildcat and Harvard all had engine runs today. Sorry no pictures today as photographer had the day off!
Back to aeroplanes then
Today we had a visit from Chip Hailey. the son of 1st Lt David R Hailey who was part of the 338th FS, 55th FG who flew P-38’s and then converted to the P-51. Lt David R Hailey flew as wingman to Capt Frank Birtciel, who flew the original Miss Velma. Chip had some fantastic stories and memories. He is holding …
View from a B25
This is the short version, en route to Switzerland in 1993, full version available to Friends of TFC click here: Let us know if you like this and we’ll try and find some more unseen vintage video for the week-end
View from the Office
Taken in April 2011, view from TFC Hawk 75 cockpit during a tie down engine run.
Message for Friends of TFC
Hi, if you are a Friend of TFC and click HERE we have updated some video from last year.