I decided to pop along to this event yesterday, as the sight of the Mosquito and Halifax freed from the confines of the YAM T2 hangar is not exactly common! As we were promised a Spitfire visit, it would have been rude not to.
Some shots from the day…
Nice to see some of the museum’s less glamorous, often overlooked residents having their moment in the limelight
Some shots with the Marmite of the aviation photography world; reenactors!
Personally I though using them for some of the day worked well yesterday.
Finally, Spit XVI TE311. Currently wearing a coat of black primer everywhere but the canopy frame and control surfaces…
Makes for an interesting change!
By: DazDaMan - 14th May 2017 at 18:03
I believe it’s this colour scheme:
http://www.aerialcombat.co.uk/2017/01/polish-boxing-bulldog-spitfire-td240.html
By: jeepman - 14th May 2017 at 17:26
Is the Spitfire being refinished as TE199 – the personal hack of the AOC of 21 Group based at Swinderby in the late 1940s – in which case it might sprout gold wing tips and spinner and (call the roundel police) gold outlines to the C type roundels………
By: DazDaMan - 14th May 2017 at 13:11
Another vote for the Mosquito crew shot – very nice.
By: Denis - 14th May 2017 at 10:56
I do like the Mosquito and crew shot, it could well have been a period image.
I dont mind re-enactors, providing they look the part and are of the right age group. Old men in flying clothing and fat men squeezed into uniforms I can do without !
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