Best of luck with the project Steve, I have attached a picture of Duxford’s machine, it was taken in early August when she was outside for a couple of days.

Regards

Eric

I have no intension of discussing the merits of the individual aircraft, we have all got our own opinions, however remember this any aircraft is an inanimate object unless you stick a pilot in it, he fly’s it, he fights it!

My point is it was a bunch of hero’s who fought and quite often died in the air campaigns between 1939 and 1945 that were responsible for the final victory.

Let’s not forget it!

Eric

Ps: The Corsair was taken at Duxford on Saturday the 5th August 2006, has anyone any ideas on who was flying it?

Had an email from the LLA stating they are staying put. 😀

No move planned at all; surprised there are only 20 replies to this thread, thought there would be more.

It’s amazing what Chinese whispers can achieve 😮

Brian.

I am in total agreement with Brian, mind you I long ago gave up being surprized by the MOD!

Eric

good to see ned kelly is alive and well

The Ned Kelly comment is uncalled for, for anyone who thinks otherwise look at the man-hours spent on the restoration to date and do a quick calculation on the likely cost for these alone!

Hi everyone,

The site is full of fantastic photos taken from various events, the high standard that a lot of aspiring novices are trying to reach.

My thoughts are would people be willing when they post photos to mention the exposure and settings used. I’m sure this would help a lot of people.

Thoughts anyone.

Regards

Tony

Hi Tony,

I am sure the details would be of interest to some, the attached was taken at Duxford in August on a very bright afternoon at about 1600Hrs using a 300mm lens, the camera was set for shutter priority at a speed of 500th of a second, the aperture was F14 and the ISO setting was 400.

I normally would have used an ISO setting of 200 or even 100 in light as bright as it was that day, but the 400 setting worked fine in this case!

Cheers

Eric

Hi

MJ627 rolled to a halt with its engine off after the remaining Spitfires had all landed at the end of yesterdays show. Apparently his brakes had failed, so he landed last so as not be in anyone elses way. This was planned, so he must have known the brakes had failed – what would have informed him of this? Is there a hydraulic line pressure guage, or could he tell any another way?

Well done to all the pilots and ground staff for putting on the show in such wind! It was a shame not everything went up – and also that not all the airworthy UK Spitfires could be gathered in one place for a historic show. Maybe for the 80th anniversary!

DS (badly sunburnt – it might have been windy, but the sun still shone
😡 <- just the colour of my face – not angry – just sore!

Do not forget that 2008 will be the 70th anniversary of 19 Squadron re-equipping with Spitfires at Duxford, surely IMW will not pass that one up!

I seem to remember an at times fairly heated debate about all this some months ago, the result in one case was a member withdrawing from the forum. Lets not revisit old ground; we are loosing some old friends and in time gaining some new ones. In the meantime remember that “The Fighter Collection” is a business, like any business it will from time to time dispose of some of its assets to allow purchase of other assets (For assets read aircraft)

I have gained much pleasure from seeing so many beautiful aircraft flown at Duxford, many being part of the Fighter Collection, my thanks go to Mr Grey for his part in making that possible. Lets all now look forward to those new aircraft waiting in the wings!

Ollie regarding the Airacobra, I get the impression that it has suffered from overheating problems for some time, a new radiator is now being manufactured, which should sort out the problem.

Regards to All