Our Corsair at the Duxford May Airshow this weekend, first in a series of slideshows of Fighter Collection aircraft at the show. [slideshow_deploy id=’15688′] The Corsair is planned to be displaying at Flying Legends 2016 – there is still time to book your tickets online HERE
La Ferte 2016
Our photographer sent these through last night, as he is a photographer he doesn’t do writing so we will have to guess what was going on. First off, Bob and Chris M. take a well earned rest having just enjoyed the best of French cuisine. Next up Roy (you can never be too careful) Smith finishes re-arming EP120, “just in …
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Well not so far away but we like to be topical,and definitely quite a long time ago. TFC has always liked Mustangs (in case you hadn’t realised) :
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 …
A Busy Sunday – the video
We ran the moving picture cameras while the aeroplanes ventured into the sunlight on Sunday and caught a few engine runs (we have cheated and included the Kestrel engine in the Nimrod from earlier in the week as well as), Spitfire and Wildcat but we didn’t think that would be a problem.
A Busy Sunday
Today was partly spent playing Hangar Drafts where Martin decides we need the aircraft at the back of the hangar moved to the front. In over 20 years of moving aircraft at TFC no one has yet devised a simple solution. Anyway having moved some of the aircraft outside we thought it might be a good idea to fly a …
Legends Build Up Continues.
Busy day at Duxford today in the build up for Flying Legends! Some more photos of the P-40C: And an arty shot of the P-40C engine… And the Corsair getting a clean:
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 …
Another postcard from our man at Chino
Morning, Here are a few images from today. The Bremont Horsemen flew their superb routine twice today, once in P-51D Mustangs and then in F-86 Sabres to close the show. (That is the last time you are sneaking jet pictures into the diary – Ed) An image of me in front of an old friend, and before you ask …
More from Chino
JBS has sent another postcard from Chino Snafu and a couple of new friends. ‘New meets Old’, a nice comparison of the F-22 Raptor and a T-6 Texan. Stevo Hinton in good form refueling the Commemorative Air Force Spitfire earlier today. And a lovely shot of P-51B ‘Boise Bee’ in the early evening orange light just before Stevo takes …
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