Old Warden Friday 10th July:
Yesterday morning saw the arrival of the latest TVAL built replicas at Old Warden. This morning, Snipe ZK-SNI/F2367 was looking fully rigged, while Albatros D.Va ZK-TGY was waiting for attention. The Sopwith Dove was also being rigged:
Duxford Thursday 9th July:
A few from the monopod:
Spitfire N3200 was handed over to IWM after a truly memorable display. A very generous gift on the same day that sistership P9374 was sold for £3.1 million. Hopefully we’ll enjoy the ‘Whistling Spitfire’ in the air for a long time.
Old Warden Saturday 4th July:
The Spitfire wing, freshly painted indeed (or at least the first coat rubbed down!:
Tail attached:
Also in the workshop, the English Electric Wren:
Surprise!
Sopwith Triplane (Not the Shuttleworth example, but one of the Dawn Patrol scale fliers taking part in tomorrow’s event):
Some other arrivals for tomorrow:
Visiting Tiger Moth:
Highlight of the day was the arrival and assembly of ‘Granddad’s Aircraft’, Bristol Scout C G-FDHB / 1264, hopefully to make a first flight from Old Warden very soon. There is a huge amount of information on this lovely machine at:
https://bristolscout.wordpress.com/about-the-project/
Many thanks to the Scout ‘troop’ for their help.
Duxford Friday 3rd July (Part 3):
A first view of Spitfire LF.IXE SL633, recently assembled after transport from the USA, and now lodging in Hangar 2:
Duxford Friday 3rd July ( Part 1):
A great day for TFC today, with the very welcome return to flight of Curtiss P-40C G-CIIO. Here are a few pictures of the three flights, starting with the first take-off:
Many thanks to PL and crew for the elevation.
Duxford Wednesday 1st July:
TFC’s shiny P-40C was out for a series of engine runs today:
More silver machines:
Spitfire P9374 will be auctioned on July 9th, and will shortly depart for display in London:
Miss Pick Up has been marked up with Worksop College decals for next week’s trip to Greenland.
Details of the trip at:
http://wsnl.co.uk/operationworldfirst/
Duxford Tuesday 30th June:
Not much to report again. Some of TFC’s fleet were posing in the sunshine:
Duxford Sunday 28th June:
There was a good turnout at Duxford today despite plenty of rain in the morning. As well as the Vulcan, entertainment was provided by four different Spitfires, Mustang, B-17, Catalina and Blenheim.
Some of today’s visitors:
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