As David said, there was a spot of wind and rain at Duxford this afternoon. 😀

Brian

I see by the TFC no official announcement,

So why would TFC or any other warbird operator need to make any official announcement about any aircraft in their fleet when it has absolutely nothing to do with any one other than the operators themselves.

Speculate away. 😀

Brian

Well if we are having a SNAFU-Fest 😀

And what’s the first thing a display pilot does on a very hot day to cool down?

I should point out they weren’t both for him.

Brian

To be honest I’d wait until we hear from TFC themselves.

Wot, and take the fun out of rumour control. 😀

Brian

17Jul13

A hot, hazy and quiet day at Duxford. Museum staff are still clearing the site from the air show at the weekend. In the western end of The Fighter Collection hangar, ‘Princess Elizabeth’ is being drained, disconnected, and dismantled for crating up in the container that arrived today for her journey back home to Texas after her short stay in Cambridgeshire. The eastern part of the TFC hangar has been cleared so the floor can be given a good clean.

In Hangar 3, the Shuttleworth Collection’s Hawker Hind, that developed a problem after its arrival for the Legends air show, was being work on by some of the Collection’s engineers and many thanks to Lee, who was working on and later flew in his Stampe SV4C, for access around the rest of the hangar.

Outside and apart from the usual flying by Classic Wings and visiting GA aircraft, Cliff Spink left early in the ARCo/HFL Spitfire T9 for Sywell and later on Percival P.44 Proctor V/G-AKIU did a fly through. The Dornier Do228NG and the Swiss Air Force Super Puma, that arrived on Monday, were parked on the grass outside AirSpace as they were taking part in a corporate event staged by the Swiss technology company RUAG AG. Both should be leaving for Fairford tomorrow.

Did I mention it was hot.

Brian

Something to look forward to tomorrow, if it’s still there. 😀

Brian

Because it’s a ‘Diary of Events’ that take place at Duxford, that’s a record of what goes on, not a discussion on modern aircraft. The Hawk will only become historic when it goes out of service.

Brian