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  • Duxford Autumn Display

    A day of great changes, at one stage the Wildcat didn’t know whether it was an inside or outside day.

    Eventually the sun shone through and the aircraft emerged for some great flying in the afternoon

  • Pre October show pics

    As promised, pics  from today. Hope  to see  you all whatever the weather!

    Patrice in the Hawk 75

    Brian and Alan in P-40s

    Anna and Staggerwing

  • Day before the show

    Should have  some pics later on but  latest is that  Hawk 75 and both P-40s  have  been up and about to day in preparation for the  display tomorrow.

  • Hellcat Engine Run

    That was  the plan anyway  -Hellcat  has  just been out onto airfield and then the  rains  came….and no that  doesn’t  mean it  will be flying at the  display this week end!

     

    Martyn C  caught these pictures  just  before the  weather  changed

    Spitfire Mk Vb and Hawk 75  have also  been out  for engine  run ups, pictures  may well  follow.

     

  • Duxford 40 years ago

    While TFC prepares for the traditional airshow this weekend there are a number of volunteers at TFC  who were at Duxford 40 years ago as volunteers with  EAAS. These are a few photos we believe from that event and the airfield at that time. It is possible the airfield is wearing better than us! As usual we will have our stall in the hangar

     

    So memory  lane then , the control tower wasn’t always as  posh as it is  now:

     

    The  hangars weren’t as  full (or as warm) as they are now

    People still took  photos from the naughty  field

    and what it was all about

     

    All pics  courtesy of a  Boots 126 instamatic …time moves on

     

  • More engine runs

    Bearcat/Wildcat and Gladiator all out for runs today. Below is a piece of video caught by Fred of the Gladiator on Monday:

  • TFC Engineer photocall

    TFC engineer photocall: All the TFC engineering team were involved in an engine run for the P40-F today – the shy ones are on the other side…

  • Sunday 29th update c/w P40-F video

    Sunday 29th Sept Update. All Fighter Logs have been despatched across the world so you have either received or are due to receive your copy. Today the P40-f had a test flight while other aircraft are being readied for next year or the October airshow. The following video covers the sounds from day and a visit to the hangar:

    TFC-P40-F

  • TFC Go To Goodwood

    That is it, the two P-40’s have arrived at Goodwood for the weekend. Picture below of the P40-F returning from an air test yesterday.

  • TFC at September Airshow

    on the ground pics from Rob – Sunday

    and in the sky by Harry on Saturday.

    Good to see everyone in Hangar – lots of chat and also people on DCS Flight sim stand having a go at flying a P-51!