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.
Christmas 2015 Best Wishes
Wishing all our Friends and followers seasons greetings. Click on any image below to view the gallery We will be doing a few updates to the website over the Christmas break including a transfer to a new server. We may briefly be off air for a short period of time but we will be right back!
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 …
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 …
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 …
Turned Out Nice Again!
This morning, the clouds broke in time for a stunning display. Below are some of the highlights with more photos to follow next week. It was also good to meet old and new FoTFC! And Finally how much can you fit in a Mustang? Hope to see you tomorrow!
Seven Days in May
In the 7 days leading up to the IWM air display at the end of May TFC were “busy”. Despite this they managed to grab a few clips of video. We were also lucky enough to catch the TFC Hellcat (thanks to Pete C from veao who were setting up the Flight Sim stuff in the hangar at the time …
TFC at Duxford May Show
Great Weather today ! A few pictures of TFC aircraft and some of the crew participating in the week end Great to see and chat to everyone who stopped by the Friends of TFC stall: First the Flight Simulation department who were busy both days EP120 who had great fun in the tail chase with the Buchons and assorted …
More Flying Legends participants confirmed
The Fighter Collection are delighted to announce additional Participants for Flying Legends 2014 We hope you are pleased to hear that the following aircraft will be joining other confirmed participants over the weekend of 12th and 13th July Charlies Heavies TBM Avenger Jan Friso Roozen Hurricane Mistral Warbirds P51D Morane Saulnier D-3801 Zephyr Aviation Ltd P51D “Sharkmouth” The Fighter Collection …
Wildcat in the Sky
The Wildcat blew out a few cobwebs today with Dave Southwood at the controls. TFC Grumman Wildcat