29Dec14
161st and last visit of the year and with all the cold, white slippy stuff all around, I wimped out going on my motorbike and used public transport to get to Duxford along with my new non-slip walking boots that I thought I had worn in. Nope. Blister. Ouch. A nice bit of bright winter sun light was filtering through the high up windows in hangar 3 first thing, bathing a few war birds in sunshine and as the sun rose higher the frost on the ground and airframes soon started to melt. There were a few GA visitors during the afternoon with a couple of Gyroplanes, another arrived after I had left, being the stand out items and the flex wing pilot must get the prize for flying in an open cockpit in those temperatures.
Sony Alpha A7II + Tamron 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD lens
Brian
18Dec14
Very quiet around Duxford today with probably my penultimate visit of the year. In hangar 5 the F-15 and P-51 have swopped around parking spots as the F-15 is now in the spray bay being readied to be painted. In hangar 3 the Classic Wings Harvard’s are tucked up for the winter holiday period. In hangar 2 and the P-40C underwent an undercarriage retraction sequence and since my last visit the Gladiator is now sitting with its tail jacked up in the air.
Brian
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