The Fighter Collection

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 couple of them. By coincidence Al Wade was wandering around so we strapped him in the Spitfire Mk Vb and Wildcat and told him he couldn’t go home until he had flown them both.
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EP120 out and about:

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And the Wildcat:

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May 10, 2015

Fighter Log for Everyone this month

Yes, this month we have free access to the Friends of TFC Fighter Log May edition. Normally Fighter Log is only available to FofTFC as part of their subscription package

With the build up to the display season we thought you would like an update on all things TFC.

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May 6, 2015

May Desktop

Well it’s this time of year where we start getting things out of the hangar, so here’s a shot to reflect that as this months desktop, don’t forget to mark up the weekend of the 23rd and 24th!

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April 30, 2015

FofTFC News

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Friends of TFC can now read the new April 2015 online version of Fighter Log via the members pages. Access as usual through the Friends pages, log in here: [button shape=”rounded” size=”mini” float=”none” href=”http://fighter-collection.com/cft/foftfc/” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Friends of TFC Page[/button]

Contents include:
Hangar round up
Bearcat engine test
Corsair colour scheme article
Competition with chance to win a Flying Legends old Pass

April 20, 2015

More Flying Legends news released today

Those awfully nice people over at FlyingLegends.com have added to the list of aircraft planned to attend [button shape=”rounded” size=”mini” float=”none” href=”https://www.flyinglegends.com/aircrafts.html” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]find out who is attending![/button]

April 17, 2015

Happy Birthday G-FGID!

Well 70 years ago this week our Corsair rolled off the production line in Goodyear Aircraft Corporation’s factory in Akron, and was accepted by the US Navy shortly after. We will be putting up and old article detailing the scheme she currently wears for Friends. Here she is basking in the sun earlier today:

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Here is a photo of it in a previous scheme: SCAN0003

And with some cake this morning:

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Corsair

This months desktop celebrates the corsair with a striking image of it taxiing back in from Shoreham last year, be sure to download it!

You can read more about the history of our Corsair on it’s profile page: http://fighter-collection.com/cft/goodyear-corsair-fg-1d-g-fgid/

April 12, 2015

April Desktop

Bet you thought we had forgotten! No, but this time we feature our Goodyear Corsair as it returns to Duxford from the airshow at Shoreham last year late in the evening, with PK at the controls.

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April 4, 2015

Friends of TFC April Competition

Need something to do over the Easter break? If you are a Friend of the Fighter Collection why not explore the Friends pages, answer the questions below correctly and win a £20 voucher for the online shop (plus Free P&P!). (Does not include DCS products or Flying Legends tickets)

The competition is open until April 11th. As is tradition with all FofTFC competitions, in the event of more than one correct answer we will draw the winning entry out of Stephens Bone Dome. Full competition rules available upon request.