22May14
The Aerostars were making smoke in the sky above Duxford again this morning with two practice display’s over the airfield. Between the two routines a trio of Squirrel HT.1 helicopters dropped in for a short while before heading back to Shawbury. John Romain took the silver Spitfire/SM845 for a test flight to the north and while he was away the Duxford based Piper L-4 Cub performed two practice displays keeping it within the airfield boundary. JR returned with one of the best Spitfire display’s I’ve seen this year. It tried to rain a bit during the day and with a clear patch forming mid-afternoon, the TFC Mk.V Spitfire was trundled out onto the grass for a bit of flying but following a slight technical hitch and a bit of thunder and lightning and eventually a torrential downpour, it was returned back to the hangar.
Brian
Cracking Bronco shot Brian, but it looks as though you have some kind of strange insect lurking in the middle of your camera. 😀
It got bigger as it got closer 😀
Brian
20May14
Since yesterday the Shackleton has migrated from the jet pan and is parked next to the Victor outside AirSpace and both should be inside in the next couple of days. The ARCo engineers were playing musical aeroplanes with their fleet in hangar 2 with aircraft going down to ARCo and the recently arrived Beech 18 taking their place in H2. At doors open the Bronco arrived and left just after lunch time. Also arriving first thing were the Aerostars and after a 45 minute display routine in the morning they had another 45 minutes formation flying in the afternoon. Following some low rev engine runs during the day, the Catalina had its first flight of the year after the Aerostars had finished and just as a passing rain shower hit Duxford. I called it a day and headed home.
Brian
14May14
TFC were out and about early with the Mk V Spitfire/EP120 having had an engine run before the museum opened. Early afternoon and the TFC Hellcat was outside for an engine run. During the afternoon, the Classic Wings Rapide/HG691 went for a short test flight following its rebuild and after an initial first flight yesterday, the Sabre went up for another flight and after about half an hour to the north, returned with some aerobatics over the airfield. A few helicopters were around as well with a Puma flying through in the morning and another Puma in the afternoon. A Qatar registered Eurocopter EC155B1/A7-HMD was doing some circuit training followed by an S-76C/G-HARA.
Brian
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