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  • Flying Legends 2014 – poster

    Flying Legends 2014 poster , you  can almost  hear the  roar of Griffons:

    TFC Flying-Legends 2014

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  • Cheer up video from Eric

    So if you are in the UK it is raining and miserable.  Eric Goujon sent this  link to  cheer us all up and remind us it isn’t that long until July 🙂

  • February 9th update

    Looking around the  hangar and  the winter maintenance continues, if you think you  might like to  volunteer with the  Fighter Collection we  will have an announcement of interest  soon:
    Volunteers cleaning Sea Fury parts
    Sea Fury engine blocks, cleaning

    tfc sea fury parts - paint stripping

     

    Wildcat Engine
    TFC Wildcat

     

    Gladiator Engine
    TFC Gladiator engine

     

    Sea Fury
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    Spitfire Mk 1
    TFC Spitfire mk1

  • Last week of January 2014

    As the  first  month of  2014 comes to an end work  continues around the  hangar.  Since last  week the  Wildcat  has  come into the  maintenance area.

    TFC Wildcat outside Hangar 2

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    wildcat plus martin

     

     

     

     

     

    While the  Corsair and Hellcat await  parts  before undergoing engine  runs.

    TFC Corsair

    The  Spitfire mk XIV is well into  the  winter servicing programme.

    TFC Spit 14

  • TFC Volunteers

    We’ve  been  following the engineers work during the last week.  Today it is the  turn of  the  volunteers.

    So  first thing a  meeting to decide on a plan of  action in a rather  chilly  hangar as the heating was on strike:

    TFC volunteers with Spitfire

     

    Next off to clean the Hellcat
    TFC Hellcat cleaning

    and Spitfire which had been covered with dust during the floor repairs earlier this week.

    TFC Spitfire

  • More Hellcat progress

    More news on the  installation of the  new  Carburettor.

    Hellcat carb installation - 2

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The  pipework is all fitted.  The   induction trunking  is  now on, just waiting for some hoses  then comes the   attachment of the  lower trunking then it’s ground runs 🙂

    Hellcat cab installation-1

     

  • Hellcat Progress

    A  busy  day at  Hangar 2.  With the  removal of the  old  Carburettor previously

    pld hellcat carb

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    and the arrival of the new carb back from the ‘states

    new hellcat carb

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    work will start later  this  week on fitting the replacement.

     

    Comparison view for carb fans:

     

  • Message for Friends of TFC

    Hi, if you are  a  Friend of TFC and click HERE we have updated some video from last year.

  • January 2014 pictures from Hangar 2

    We were lucky enough to have a visit from Harry Measures and his camera today – as you can see in the slideshow below most of the aircraft are receiving some winter tlc at the moment.
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  • Happy New Year

    A busy start to the New Year, the FofTFC 2014 calendar is due from the printers tomorrow and will be posted out direct. This will be followed in February by our Winter Fighter Log edition. Maintenance is under full steam in the hanngar – a report will follow soon. In the meantime a picture from the archives:

    P51C when operated by TFC