When did I take these photo's at Duxford

I preferred the Happy Jack’s colour scheme to Cutie.

Mike,

‘Happy Jack’s Go Buggy’ was the mount of Capt. Jack Ilfrey of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group based at King’s Cliffe. He also flew a P-51D of the same name. His final score was 8 enemy aircraft, all while flying the P-38. In fact he was the first P-38 ace in the ETO.

Regards,

Paul

Originally posted by mike currill
I never managed to get to any shows during the time she spent as ‘California Cutie’. The only photos I have of her are as ‘Happy Jack’s Go Buggy’. You are absolutely correct they do look weird from certain angles as that shot shows.
Does any one know who ‘Happy Jack’s Go Buggy’ was a tribute to?

1st FG and 20th FG Ace Jack Illfrey. The J model represented his 20th FG Kite

Dan

I never managed to get to any shows during the time she spent as ‘California Cutie’. The only photos I have of her are as ‘Happy Jack’s Go Buggy’. You are absolutely correct they do look weird from certain angles as that shot shows.
Does any one know who ‘Happy Jack’s Go Buggy’ was a tribute to?

P 38 can look so odd from some angles

Few more from this show

Thanks for that. I have eyed up one or two of the slide scanners but as you say, is the extra quality worth the extra expense unless you are professional.
mmitch.

My scanner is an EPSON perfection 3200 PHOTO. It’s a flat bed with all the bits and pieces to do slides and film strips at high quality. My slides seem to come out better than negative film, but I’m sure that’s down to the film and not the scanner.

Normal flatbeds are not much good and some of the dedicated film scanners are too expensive. I was lucky and found an old style photo shop that scanned a slide for me on various scanners then printed it out. I basically made the choice of this scanner based on the quality and paid about a fiver more for the scanner than I would have at PC World etc. Well worth it for the service and quality advice

I could not detect much different with the dedicated scanner other than slightly better colour in the deep shadows. This would be important to a professional but not worth paying 2 to 3 times the price.

TempestNut nice photos. Is your scanner specifically for slides? What make etc? I have a (nightmare) drawer full of motor racing and aircraft slides that need sorting. 🙁
mmitch.

That’s about the size of it!

Originally posted by JDK

I have an unflattering photo of me trying to climb out of the rear cockpit, after I’d stuck my nose in!
Cheers

And, from the sound of it, your bottom out!

Mind you, how would anyone know the difference . . . .

(I have just been told “that is not very nice” – as if I didn’t know!)

Melv

Thanks all, I will now go off and rename 50 odd photo’s O how I love Computers

Last for tonight, I have always found it difficult to photograph aircraft at Duxford in strong sunshine as we are on the North side of the Field. This was worse when using transparency film. Hence no decent shots of the flying.

Hi, TN,
If it’s when the Lizzie arrived, it was 18/6/95. I have an unflattering photo of me trying to climb out of the rear cockpit, after I’d stuck my nose in! By my mate Barry Foxwell. IIRC John Romain landed safely despit a bad (oil) problem, and he got an award sometime later for that…..
Cheers

I remember waiting to see both 109’s fly together, but we saw them take off together, then Black 6 went off to another show, and I seem to recall black 2 landing back with some form of engine problem. Mark was flying it at altitude and I was watching and waiting when he put the undercarriage down and came strait back in. This is touch down. Perfect precision. The prop was turning very slowly in coarse pitch.

Stringbag, you could be right, because I was at the 95 show. Some more photo’s

99% sure it’s the Midsummers Flying Day, June 1995.
The Lizzie arrived from Henstridge(?) that day, and the Fury, Tumelisa, Sabre, all present in the photo were flying in the display.

The show video is superb 🙂

M

Fury Last one for now, anyone want to see some more?

F86 getting a close look at Mig

OFMC Fury and Me 109 G10