Duxford Wednesday 14th December:
Newly arrived Harvard KF183/G-CORS was out in the sunshine briefly this morning:
Probe Probare ( Properly to test ):
Scout XW612 / G-KAXW dropped in for fuel:
Duxford Sunday 11th December:
More work today preparing the DAS/Monarch Britannia for painting.
DAS report she will enter Airspace on Jan. 3rd ( see: http://das.org.uk/painting-the-brittania/ )
A couple of today’s visitors:
Duxford Monday 5th December:
In Hangar 5 this morning, another stage in the Victor project saw the removal of the horizontal tail from the fin:
Some of Hangar 3’s fighters:
Remarkable fact: Buchon ‘Black 2’ and Victor XH648 were both built in 1959.
TFC’s Facebook page reports that Sea Fury T.20 WG655 is now on course to return to flying staus.
best wishes for 2017 from Perth, Western Australia:
Duxord Friday 2nd December:
And best wishes to all in Oz, wish we were there (really !)
Even on a gray day like today, a few machines were ‘in transit’:
Merlin 70:
Merlin 500-45:
Spitfire I X4650:
TFC Sea Fury ‘T.20’
Duxford Monday 28th November:
Chipmunk WB585/G-AOSY dropped in from Audley End today. Only re-flown last Friday after a rebuild by Vintage Fabrics, she is resplendent in 2 FTS colours:
A trio of current 3 FTS Tutors:
TFC’s P-40F was briefly out in the sun:
Duxford Sunday 27th November:
Happy 57th birthday to Victor XH648 (ff 27-11-59):
A team from Monarch were re-fitting the Britannia’s elevators today:
Duxford Tuesday 22nd November:
Cold, wet and windy, but there’s always something to see:
The Victor’s bomb doors were opened this morning, and the long process of inspection/disassembly continues.
This is the chaff dispenser being removed from the lower nose section. It contained four canisters of Window for radar ‘countermeasures’
Elevator tip and tail ‘bullet:
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