I have to admit since the AAIB upgraded their website it’s not very intuitive to use. Preferred the simpler, and easier old site.

Has anyone tried knitting elastic?
It’s meant to be very good for 1:72nd biplanes.
I have some on order. Not tried it yet. About £4 for a reel and delivery on Amazon.

Friday 1pm C130 Hercules over Reading 1pm. Keeping low under the cloud.
Also heard a heavy radial engine but couldn’t see the aircraft.

The more you look at the Spitfire the more you realise what an unnescessary construction it is. The way the wings totally fail to mate with the fuselage requiring a lot of time intensive fairing (I would imaginge, never built one myself of course). Still, a beautifull aircraft none the less.

“Strangely, the car suddenly accelerated into the lorry and the car went careering into the side of the loading board.”

Sounds like the missus trying to park.

While we are on the subject of Spitfires, here is a great shot recently sent to me by Fred Taylor of TD248 in Hangar 2 today:

The aircraft behind the Buchon, is that a Harvard or a Yale?

Duxford Monday July 2nd:

As if to highlight the weekend’s brilliance, today saw a return to British Summer Time. A few visitors extended their stay at Duxford, including the Old Warden based Lysander and Storch:

What are the three funny bulb things in the Spitfire cockpit.
They don’t appear to be connected to anything?

Although the display was spaced out with a few gaps I thought most of the displays were good.
The Storch was excellent, as was Sally B and the P47. Spitfire formation was nice and the Sea Fury with Smoke Winders interesting especially watching the smoke trails merging then collapsing with a pop to form nice smoke rings.
The two Hawker Biplanes probably the noisiest biplanes I’ve ever seen, and how they got the triplanes off the ground with all that wind?
Not many people at the show Sunday though, very quite for a Legends. Guess that must be due to the date, footie and clashing with other displays.
The run and breaks were a little more spaced out and gentle this year which I think is good. I do get a little worried with all the power climbs sometimes, can’t help myself willing those planes over the top 🙂
But on the whole, and with the stalls and museum a good day out.