28Apr16
The Fighter Collection Hawk 75 went flying first thing with a test flight and a bit of aerobatics thrown in and later in the afternoon departed for a long weekend in France with the TFC yellow Carbon Cub which left late morning. The Mk.V Spitfire was undergoing an engine test. There was a swap around of Mk.1 Spitfires with P9374/J being moved from 3 hangar up to 4 hangar to replace N3200/QV which went down to ARCo. The Boultbee Academy Chipmunk/WG348 flew in and the Boultbee Spitfire T9/SM520 fired up and got as far as the Alpha hold and developed a bit of a problem during engine checks and returned to ARCo. Late morning and a Royal Navy Wildcat/ZZ516 arrived and flew several circuits before landing for fuel for helicopter and crew.
Sony Alpha A6300 Compact Systems Camera with a Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Di-III VC
Brian
23Apr16
Saturday – 23Apr16
Just as well I dug out my thermals, with a northerly wind blowing winter appears to be back. Showers were forecast throughout the day but seemed to pass either side of Duxford although we did have a heavy hail stone shower late morning. The Fighter Collection Hawk 75 was sitting out on the airfield first thing but it was the TFC Carbon Cub that went flying in the afternoon. ‘Sharkie’ went off to display at Halfpenny Green and the Catalina went flying for a bit of crew training. Work is due to start on dismantling the Victor in AirSpace next week so got possibly a last shot of it in one piece. The Spitfire shot was an experiment using the in-camera Panorama function as a faux fish eye/wide angle lens.
Sony Alpha A6300 Compact Systems Camera with a Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Di-III VC
Brian
17Apr16
My take on another sunny Sunday at Duxford.
Sony Alpha A6300 Compact Systems Camera with a Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Di-III VC
Brian
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