Duxford Wednesday 16th December:
In Hangar 5, the F-100D wings have been detached from the fuselage:
A new resident was spotted in Hangar 5. Sadly, it probably won’t be around for long:
The new hangar is progressing well, the framework is going up quickly:
Old Warden Tuesday 15th December:
As usual, plenty to see in the engineering workshops. The Ryan is now wearing pants, and the Spitfire cockpit glazing is well underway:
There’s a great chance to inspect these and many other projects at the upcoming Engineering Weekend on Sat/Sun January 2/3. No flying scheduled, but Hurricane R4118 will be on show, as well as the Bristol Scout replica G-FDHB/1264.
Talking of upcoming events, the Shuttleworth website offers a taste of next year’s airshows.
The Season Premiere on May 8th features B-17G, Blenheim and P-51D (red-tail???)
Fly Navy Day on June 5th will include the Kennet Skyraider and Seafire.
The Military Pageant on July 3rd will feature 6 Hurricanes (and a Buchon!)
Duxford Friday 11th December:
It was cold, wet and windy at DX today, and very challenging for photography. The sun finally came out at 1545, sadly sunset was at 1547.
The following don’t really need captions (no apologies for more Yak snaps, it looks so good from any angle).
And finally:
Duxford Wednesday 9h December (Part 2):
Today’s sunshine meant lots of activity, with local flights from the Yak 3M G-CGXG and Boultbee’s Spitfire SM520:
Duxford Wednesday 9th December (Part 1):
A hangar shuffle was in progress on arrival this morning, to allow ‘Yellow 10’ out for some fun. She’ll be off to New Zealand soon for the Wanaka show.
Newly completed Chipmunk WK522 was also active today:
Duxford Tuesday 8th December:
Spitfire sorties in December are rare, so a training flight by Boultbee’s SM520 was very welcome today despite the poor light:
And finally:
Things are a little quiet at Duxford at the moment, so with the Mosquito being in the news, here are some pics of TA719 being rolled out.
This machine was used in the film ‘633 Squadron’ before being sold in 1963 to Peter Thomas for the Skyfame Museum. Badly damaged at Staverton in 1964, she was rebuilt for static display, and moved to Duxford in 1978 when the Skyfame fleet was dispersed. The Mosquito is one of six aircraft in Airspace which remind us of the debt we all owe to Peter Thomas’ pioneering work in aircraft preservation.
TA719 was refurbished in 2004/2005 for display in Airspace, and these pics were taken on the rollout on Feb.9th 2005.
How long before another Mosquito arrives at Duxford?
Duxford Wednesday 2nd December:
Another quiet day. Newly completed Chipmunk G-BCOU/WK522 was out for its second flight:
The sunshine brought out several GA visitors. I didn’t get a photo of them all, but I got a photo of the Maule:
Talking of GA, there’s a new resident, 1971 Rallye Club G-AZKE ( that’s two Kilo Echoes to confuse ATC ):
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