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February 19, 2014 at 12:09 pm in reply to: VIDEO: where was this "low-ish" Spitfire looping filmed? #973887

Elliott Marsh
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The solo started with a reverse cuban (pull up into the vertical, roll 180 degrees and pull over the top) and included a half cuban with a 360 degree aileron roll at the top (another Smith Spitfire trademark!). Off the top of my head, pilots who fly rolls at the top of a loop or half cuban include Pete Kynsey, Ed Shipley (four point roll at the top of a loop!) Frédéric Akary and, on one occasion that I’ve seen, Eric Goujon. I’m sure there are other aerobatic pilots who fly similar figures too. I’m sure I’ve seen one of the Salis boys do it in a Yak-11 too.

Fascinating fact for y’all there.:very_drunk:

February 17, 2014 at 11:01 pm in reply to: VIDEO: where was this "low-ish" Spitfire looping filmed? #975686

Elliott Marsh
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That’s a Smith trademark, the low-level B-axis pullout – he’s been doing it for as long as I can remember (there’s great footage of him doing the same manoeuvre in the same aircraft at, I think, Flying Legends 1995 on the VHS/DVD release) in everything from MH434 to the Thunderbolt. Hell of a display pilot!

The crackling would indeed be from the recovering Spitfires.

That was an awesome finale to a top show. If you haven’t, seek out the footage of the full sequence, it’s well worth a watch.

EDIT to add a photo – it doesn’t seem to be as low as the angle in the video suggests.

It wasn’t a bad day…

January 23, 2014 at 5:24 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #1000325

Elliott Marsh
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That Dragonfly is boooootiful!:cool:

January 13, 2014 at 7:47 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #1010105

Elliott Marsh
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Love that low angle Spit shot, very nice.

As an aside, I’ve very recently written about my personal ‘top 10’ highlights of the 2013 airshow season – plenty of Duxford & Flying Legends in there, for those who are interested!

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/01/13/aviation-feature-uk-airshows-2013-in-review/

January 6, 2014 at 5:12 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #931614

Elliott Marsh
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My friend Huw & I visited Duxford just before the closure began, and he tried out some rather lovely photographic techniques in hangar 3 – as Key’s resident photographers often prove, there’s always a different angle to be achieved! The small thumbnail is an example of what’s within the link below…

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2014/01/03/bloggar-huw-hopkins-into-the-darkness-at-duxford/

December 9, 2013 at 12:53 pm in reply to: TFCs P-40B is heading back to the US #950463

Elliott Marsh
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It seems logical to me that people with an interest in historic aviation would discuss the public (by virtue of TFC being part of a massive public museum) goings on of such a well known organisation.

If we weren’t interested, we wouldn’t be here, we wouldn’t go to Duxford & we wouldn’t bother with Legends…

December 7, 2013 at 7:17 pm in reply to: Spitfire TD314 airborne….. #951410

Elliott Marsh
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Excellent news!

A couple of photographs and potted historical background here! http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/12/07/news-spitfire-mkix-td314-first-post-restoration-flight/

December 7, 2013 at 12:53 pm in reply to: TFCs P-40B is heading back to the US #951476

Elliott Marsh
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She’ll be missed, but she’s going home! A selection of photos and a roundup of the news below…

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/12/07/news-pearl-harbour-veteran-p-40b-warhawk-for-the-collings-foundation/

November 12, 2013 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Biggin Hill this morning. #972985

Elliott Marsh
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We’ve just published a write up of the flypast and service at the Chapel, with photos from both the Heritage Hangar and the Chapel itself. Some lovely photos from Huw (including some of MkXVI RW382, the new kid on the block), our man on the inside! Also great to hear that BHHH plan to support this kind of event in future. Also details of who flew what!

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/11/12/feature-biggin-hill-heritage-hangars-remembrance-sunday-salute/

October 30, 2013 at 5:36 pm in reply to: East Kirkby this Saturday… #986571

Elliott Marsh
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I’ll be there with a group of six or so! Always a great event, well worth attending.

October 28, 2013 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Hawker Hurricane MkI P3717 – rebuild update #988972

Elliott Marsh
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Agreed. A Hawker photoshoot also has terrific potential too, depending on the venue and backing/funding (amongst many, many other factors). Cygnet, 1930s Hawker biplanes, Hurricanes, Sea Furies, Hunters etc. Plenty of variety possible there. I’m fairly sure an old article in Flypast referred to Weald Aviation either planning, or considering, a Hawker themed photocall some years ago, which never materialised.

Maybe one day!

October 28, 2013 at 1:30 pm in reply to: Hawker Hurricane MkI P3717 – rebuild update #989098

Elliott Marsh
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The closest we’ve come is Biggin Hill in 2010, where they have the five airworthy British-based Hurricanes (discounting the Sea Hurricane, if you want to class that as separate to the others…) assembled. They didn’t fly together, though, as Peter Teichman flew his with Spitfire MkI AR213 before the main segment, which saw the other four (HAC, Vacher & two BBMF) in a tail-chase. At no point did the five fly in formation.

Beyond that, there’ve been a few quartets put up (Duxford September 2001, a Legends in the early part of the last decade, another Duxford September show in the mid-2000s where it rained for most of the day, the Battle of Britain show 2010 etc.) which have always been tremendous.

Not getting the whole lot together in 2010 seemed like a massive missed opportunity, and I can’t envisage a time when the seven (or more) European ones would fly together, for various reasons. One would hope that 2015 sees a sizeable gathering, though.

October 25, 2013 at 10:23 pm in reply to: Hawker Hurricane MkI P3717 – rebuild update #992257

Elliott Marsh
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Indeed, it’s more than a little abbreviated! I’m sure several magazines and outlets will cover the full history in time – that’s my aim in the long run too! This is more of a “news flash” after we were very kindly sent the photograph. 🙂

October 4, 2013 at 7:39 pm in reply to: First Flight Bristol Boxkite Replica CFS-3 #1014639

Elliott Marsh
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For those interested, there’s now an article on this up at Global Aviation Resource – see http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/10/04/feature-project-2014-commemorating-the-centenary-of-australian-military-flying/?fb_source=pubv1

With thanks to James (JDK) for his very kind assistance and excellent photographs, which tell a lovely story. Have a read, tell your friends, share with the family, spread the word! 😉

September 30, 2013 at 8:06 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #934843

Elliott Marsh
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My good friend Huw has written a few words about Mark Hanna, following a trip to Duxford over the weekend. His MH434 photographs, in that lovely autumnal light, are some of the finest I’ve seen.

Never forgotten.

http://globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/09/30/bloggar-huw-hopkins-remembering-mark-hanna/
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