Duxford Thursday 27th June:
The Boultbee / IWC ‘Round The World’ Silver Spitfire appeared this afternoon for a compass swing and taxy test;
First flight after rebuild came at 1705:
Duxford Saturday 22nd June:
HAC were busy today flying their Hurricane, Spitfire, Nimrod and DH9.
Visitors from Leicester:
Duxford Thursday 20th June:
Sunshine and Spitfires. What more could you want ?
PL983 and MH434 are booked for this weekend’s Heveningham Hall Country Fair, and were both being put through their paces this afternoon.
Yesterday’s H&H Auction saw the Spitfire V (Lot 90) unsold:
MQ-1B Predator 03-3120 is now suspended in the American Air Museum:
Duxford Tuesday 18th June:
‘Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber’ remains at Duxford for a few days, while ‘Miss Montana’ departed at 1500 for Prestwick:
The HAC Nimrod II was flown this afternoon:
DH.9 E8894 made her third and fourth flights:
Duxford Monday 17th June:
Three Daks returned to Duxford today. I understand N877MG (Pan Am) and N47SJ (Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber) may stay awhile, but N24320 (Miss Montana) will continue her journey home tomorrow:
In the American Air Museum, the Predator UAV is being readied for hanging:
A rather different offering in Wednesday’s H&H auction is Lot 90, a Spitfire V ‘evocation’
Guide price is £30,000 – £35,000
Another lot with an aviation connection is this 1959 Formula Junior Elva-DKW 100, as raced by Test and display pilot Dizzy Addicott in 1960
Duxford Sunday 16th June:
A different perspective is always welcome !
Today’s activity was very much quieter due strong winds, but the Lysander made it back from Dunsfold:
Duxford Friday 14th June:
Lysander V9312 was out in the sunshine this afternoon, showing off her recently completed wheel covers:
The Lysander departed South for this weekend’s final Dunsfold Airshow. Also appearing will be Hurricane P2902 and P-47D ‘Nellie B’
Also out and about today:
Duxford Tuesday 11th June:
Not much activity at Duxford this morning, with poor visibility in the rain.
The IWM Spitfire replica has returned from a short visit to London Bridge Station:
There’s more on the visit (including pics) at:
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