With snafu leaving is it just me or is it only the more unique aircraft that seem to leave the collection I.e the P39, grumpy and the tigercat all unique to Europe. To replace them with craft like the carbon cub as well as a fan I find very disappointing 🙁

What a strange attitude. The TFC is not a state funded collection – it’s been created and maintained with funds from talented and visionary people and allowed us to experience one of the most wide ranging warbird collections in the world. It seems very churlish to make negative comments when we have benefitted from it being based in the UK and accessible to the public. Change and churn has enabled the growth and development of the TFC and along with the engineering and pilot talent involved too has maintained a centre of excellence. Why not look at what the TFC provides rather than voicing disappointment?

Tim

See page 11 of PDF linked here which could be the aircraft concerned perhaps:
http://www.oilspillresponse.com/files/ROA2012(1).pdf

Thanks

It is difficult to make out which type of allied aircraft are overflying the “Glasmalerei Derix” in Kevelaer’s Gelderner Strasse in early 1945. The C47 was used extensively in this area for landing airborne troops. I have seen spectacular footage of C47s flying over the Xanten Cathedral whilst crossing the Rhine. I’ll see if I can get hold of this for you to see. As we have seen some buildings near the railway line did suffer damage from air attacks. Here we have two of them, the central station only being a mere 200 metres away from here.

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Peter

The aircraft in this image are in groups of three and appear to be pairs of gliders (may be Waco Hadrians) towed possibly by C-47s ?

Tim

I don’t believe the lady is included in the sale. 🙂

My son (not a serious enthusiast) said he saw a white biplane (in RAF ‘sic’ markings) landing at Luton as he drove under the approach lights at around 1830-Sunday 14th??
Swordfish perhaps-but why Luton (unlikely for fuel -didn’t think Avgas was available at Luton these days??)

The Swordfish was at Legends and Luton is on the direct route from Duxford to Yeovilton. The timing aligns with its return home – could it have been a low pass – did your son see it touch down?

Be it sub-zero weather during Winter at CVT or sweltering temperatures at RAF Waddington open day, the Shackleton team that look after WR963 are to be seen hard at work. Here is a candid shot of my good friend Rich W enthusing with a visitor about their MR2 project, while standing next to the T4 nose they brought up from CVT specially for the event. By stint of good planning it was parked up next to the massive trailer that transported Morayvia’s Nimrod forward fuselage down from Scotland.

Tim

Here she is in all her beauty:

The Dragon concerned is genuine and original – I think the media are confusing the fact that it is not the original “Iolar”. The aircraft that survives started life as G-AECZ and later went to Eire as EI-AFK. It is painted now to represent EI-ABI which was “Iolar”.

Tim