Having been at Duxford the day before, I wasn’t intending going today but it was mentioned on one of the forums that the Boultbee Spitfire SM520/G-ILDA was flying around at Scampton on Friday. One of two things was possible. It was there for the weekend for a corporate do with the Red Arrows or it would return back to Duxford for a bit of passenger flying. No sooner had the doors to the museum opened than G-ILDA appeared from behind AirSpace for a run and break and landing following a flight down from Scampton. It flew three times during the afternoon and although the sun was shining and it was bitterly cold, there was thin high cloud diffusing the sunlight which isn’t good for us photographers. In hangar 2, HAC staff were tinkering with their Spitfire, I believe the engine covers were going to go on, and in hangar 5 the museums new-ish ‘Visitor Site Transport’ was parked up. Needs a bit of work doing to it first though. 😀
Brian
In the B/w set of pictures the A26c is the Don Bullock/Euroworld machine and is shown at Biggin Hill as is the CASA 352 having just been ferried in from Spain by Don Bullock and Peter Hoare. This is the aeroplane now at Cosford in the British Aiways scheme. If you look closely at the CASA you can see the dodgy markings applied for the show appearance!
Taken at Cosford, with a Hanimex 110 film camera I think, showing ‘dodgy markings’ 😀
Brian
Friday 8th February 2015
The weather forecast next week is for winter to arrive. Had a taste of it today at Duxford with a very significant wind chill blowing across the airfield. Thermals and fleece lined gloves for my next visit. Most noticeable difference on arrival is the lack of the Victor out on the jet pan having been moved into AirSpace and has for company the Lynx helicopter from hangar 4. The Heinkel He.162 Volksjäger that had briefly been in AirSpace was back home in hangar 5. The Victor’s place out on the jet pan has been take by a Chinook helicopter. Apparently doing circuits yesterday and went poorly. Some RAF engineers arrived this afternoon, had a look and a tinker and the air crew left the helicopter with flight kit in hand and the engineers locked it back up again. A new exhibit for Duxford??. In hangar 4 there has been a swap around of Mk.1 Spitfire’s with N3200 replacing P9374. At lunchtime the TFC Harvard went for its first flight this years and amongst a few GA types, the Classic Wings based Cub was out and about doing circuits. The Silver T.28 had an engine run down at ARCo and as I was leaving, what looked like an Air Harrods S.76 helicopter arrived.
Brian
04Jan15
I took advantage of the morning sunlight coming through the windows of the General Service Flight Sheds before the rain set in around lunch time. Out on the jet pan, the Duxford Airfield Fire and Rescue Service were putting their new Tonka toy’s through their paces, as well as the crews manning them. Photo’s in the order they were taken.
Brian
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