All credit to the organisers in guaranteeing entry to SVAS members, unlike the fiasco of Friends of Duxford being denied entrance to last September’s shambolic Duxford event.

Strange, I didn’t have advance tickets and still got in with a FOD pass no problem.

Brian

It’s raining here at Duxford but the forecast is for the front to pass through after mid-day.

Brian

27Jun15

A very warm sunny day at Duxford although the clouds did have a knack of rolling in and obscuring said sun whenever there was any flying. A bit of a Spitfire day with the Biggin Hill two-seater/MJ627 and the OFMC Mk IX/MH434 flying with Classic Wings, the ARCo two-seater/PV202 returned from Goodwood and the Grace two-seater/ML407 flew off for an hour on air show duty. Mustang IV/’Sharkmouth’ flew up from Goodwood in the afternoon and did several full stop circuits off the grass before returning back to Goodwood. The Duxford based Bulldog returned, probably from air show duty, the Autocrat/G-AGTO returned from a visit from Stow Maries and the Stearman flew a display routine on its return from a trip north. French registered Yak-50/F-AZXK also arrived for it’s annual visit to Duxford.

Brian

Definitely looking forward to a proper Bf 109 again

D-FWME “Red Seven” was originally built in Spain in 1950 as a Merlin 500 V-12 engined HA-1112-M1L Buchon, c/n 139, C4K-75 – re-engined with DB605 to look like a 109.

Brian

Tilt-Shift

To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start.

……..or you can use a piece of Tilt-Shift software and fake it. 😀

smashingmagazine.com/examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/

Brian

21Jun15

With the Miniature Armoured Fighting Vehicles Association (MAFVA) holding its 2015 Nationals at Duxford, there were a lot more visitors about than for a normal Sunday. Flying started first thing when Mustang IV/’Sharkemouth’ left Duxford for Goodwood and was replaced later in the afternoon with a Chipmunk from the Boutlbee Flight Academy. Not long after ‘Sharkmouth’ left, the ARCo two seat Spitfire/PV202 flew in and the Biggin Hill two seat Spitfire/MJ627 was passenger carrying throughout the day. The Blenheim left for display duty at the Flywheel Festival at Bicester returning later in the afternoon and B-17/’Sally-B’ made a round trip to display at Weston-Super-Mare. The Catalina hadn’t returned from displaying at the Weston show by the time I left.

Brian

18Jun15

*SPOILER ALERT for Bruggen 130 – there are two two seat Spitfires in this thread.*

The F-100 Super Saber was moved this morning before the museum opened from inside the AAM to the hard standing that was formally occupied by the F-15. On the war bird side, the Duxford based Me.108 touched down early and the ARCo two seat Spitfire flew off to Sywell for the day and the Grace Spitfire was due to go flying later in the afternoon and ex-RAF Bulldog/G-DISA sat basking in the sunshine during its visit. On the GA side there were 4 French, one Dutch and an American registered aircraft parked on the jet pan with a few British registered aircraft thrown in as well with some parked on the grass by the side of the tower. Military included two Army Squirrel helicopters in for fuel for the crew an their aircraft and a Tutor from Barkeston Heath.

Brian