There might be an urgent need to scramble a Spitfire, but it is probably quite delicate, so best that it not be left outside to fry in the sun or boil in a hot hangar.

Part of the ongoing meltdown of the Spitfire Society, I suppose. Sad, but at least the replica has gone to a good home. 🙁

Useless in the UK unfortunately Rick, as they only hold those little American short-measure pints! 🙂

Thanks, here’s another swinging shot of the Brooklands Camel.

Hopefully the Collection will be able to replicate that scene with their own example before too much longer.

Thanks for posting the shots Mark. It really is a great museum, although it is a shame that the only caff there is a McDonalds! I did take rather a liking to the Loening, but unfortunately they made me leave it behind.

To my knowledge those 2 are owned by the AF museum and are on loan to the mentioned locations.

‘The Swoose’ was owned by the Smithsonian, and has now been passed to the AF Museum. It has had a little bit of work done on it, but restoration will start in earnest once ‘Memphis Belle’ is finished. The unrestored G-model that was previously held by the Smithsonian (NOT the AF Museum) was passed to the museum at Savannah (‘The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force’, as they are now known) a couple of years back, where it is now under restoration. The plan, apparently, is for the AF Museum to swap out their currntly-displayed B-17G ‘Shoo Shoo Baby’ for the ‘Belle and ‘The Swoose’, and then pass ‘Shoo Shoo Baby’ to the Smithsonian for display.

So were any ‘toggies’ hanging around the fence today?
mmitch.

Yes, it was a great day of intensive flying in fantastic light. Well worth the trip up there, and I’m really, really happy with my shots from the day. Lots of opportunities to move around to different parts of the airfield and get plenty of unusual angles you can’t get from the crowd line at airshows. The lunchtime fish & chips in the village were most excellent too! :applause:

Judging by his comments on the Bluebird thread, I think that Black Knight would like you to fire it up and take it out on another record run. :rolleyes: