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Today at Duxford – 31/5/04

It was a pretty busy day at Duxford today. In the morning we had the B-17 and Spitfire pair out for the Memorial Flypasts at Madingley (covered in other threads). Didn’t see much of Sally, as she simply departed, did the flypast, circled to the north for a while and landed straight back in to the airfield. The Spitfires were another story though. They initally returned with a tail chase pairs routine over Duxford which was fantastic before Lee Proudfoot brought TD248 in to land leaving the stage clear for a solo display from Alistair Kay in MH434.

TD248 is looking quite splendid in the D-Day scheme, despite its lack of authenticity….

Later in the day I also saw the tank demonstration and Stuart Goldspink taking the TFC P-47 out for a spin. Pics of that later…..

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By: Chris Broad - 3rd June 2004 at 00:32

[HTML]Hmm… I wonder whether anyone can identify this.
Aeroplane and bird type please.[/HTML]

Grumpy, and I’d guess at pigeon.

I will miss Grumpy when she goes Stateside.

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By: Woody - 2nd June 2004 at 23:29

[HTML]Hmm… I wonder whether anyone can identify this.
Aeroplane and bird type please.[/HTML]

Grumpy, and I’d guess at pigeon.

I will miss Grumpy when she goes Stateside.

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By: teal'c - 1st June 2004 at 09:50

who cares about he colour scheme it is a geunine d day veteran live with it!!!!!!

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By: DazDaMan - 1st June 2004 at 08:22

One of the scale modelling magazines has a feature on a model of ML407 as she was on D-Day – looks good, but I think the V is a bit on the big side. If I can scan it, I’ll post up a pic.

Interestingly, it looks as though ‘407’s stripes are a bit ‘rough’! Authenticity! 😉

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By: Stieglitz - 1st June 2004 at 06:59

Superb pics!

The spit looks better than it was at Antwerp last week. The black nose is better than the red:

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By: Arm Waver - 1st June 2004 at 00:47

B-25 Mitchell?

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By: Arabella-Cox - 1st June 2004 at 00:38

Hmm… I wonder whether anyone can identify this. Aeroplane and bird type please. And also I wonder whether it’ll be cleaned off by Sunday. I will be checking… 😉

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By: stringbag - 31st May 2004 at 23:36

TD248 looks rather smart in that scheme IMHO, as does ML407 with her stripes.

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By: Mark9 - 31st May 2004 at 23:34

Great pics 😉 Anna 🙂 🙂

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By: Septic - 31st May 2004 at 23:30

I was there on Sunday, only one Spit though ML407. The TBird was operating from the Tarmac so hopefully the runway is now ok!

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By: Mark12 - 31st May 2004 at 20:21

Roundels

TD248 is looking quite splendid in the D-Day scheme, despite its lack of authenticity….

I note revised top wing Roundels from last week. 🙂

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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st May 2004 at 20:17

Steve – I must be in that shot! Down by the fence. I couldn’t believe they kept the Rapide waiting so long…..

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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st May 2004 at 19:52

Cracking shots Dave. Here’s another one of the Thunderbolt, not particularly good quality but it’s difficult to hold it steady when the Dragon Rapide pilot’s doing his power checks… 😉

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By: neal h - 31st May 2004 at 19:18

Nice photos Dave. Some should tell Lee Proudfoot to put his pipe out before going flying.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st May 2004 at 19:13

And a few Tanks for anyone who is that way inclined…. 😀

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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st May 2004 at 19:03

Thanks! Here are a few of the Thunderbolt…

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By: DazDaMan - 31st May 2004 at 19:02

Nice ones, Dave.

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By: A330Crazy - 31st May 2004 at 18:47

Superb shots Dave! 🙂

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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st May 2004 at 18:31

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By: Arabella-Cox - 31st May 2004 at 18:29

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