02Aug15
I was going to go to the Shuttleworth air show at Old Warden but having had a look at the participation list it seemed a bit devoid of participants so went to enjoy the sunshine at Duxford. Again. Sitting out on the airfield amongst the yellow daisies was a Belgium based yellow Stearman that had night stopped before it continued on its way to Old Warden. Along’ Airliner Row’, the Dart Herald was having its Rolls-Royce Dart engines re-installed and on the Jet Pan the B-17 engineers were keeping the visitors entertained with a propeller change. They drew a bigger crowd after lunch when they ran all four engines. P-51 ‘Ferocious Frankie’ was first off to display at the Old Buckenham air display just before mid-day with Spitfire MH434 following the same route later in the afternoon. The Rv8tors departed Duxford for Old Buckenham not long after the Spitfire but not without a pass over the airfield laying a bit of a smoke screen.
Brian
23Jul15
The Fighter Collection were out to play today with the Wildcat and P-40C having engine runs and the Corsair went off to the north for a test flight and returned with about 5 minutes of aerobatics over the airfield. Later in the afternoon, the Blenheim fired up and left for display duty at the RAF Marham Families Day. Quite a few GA visitors, group flying by the looks of it, arrived during the morning with the dull conditions brightened by the arrival of a bright red EC120B Colibri helicopter.
Brian
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