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  • July 11, 2015 at 11:17 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #863699
    SimonR
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    What a super day – wonderful weather and many hours of flying.

    I took quite a few images: Album on Flickr.

    Here’s one of my favourites as per Moggy’s very sensible suggestion.

    https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3799/19619089951_815f5066a8_b.jpgIMG_6450 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    The two Sea Furys sat out on the concrete right in front of us with their engines running for about 10 minutes before the red-nosed one turned and shut down on the flightline. there wasn’t anything immediately obvious wrong. It was a bit of a shame because they did a really good two-ship display yesterday evening but we had to leave before they finished so I didn’t get any good pics of it.

    July 11, 2015 at 7:47 pm in reply to: Pre-Legends Friday Flying at Duxford #456392
    SimonR
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    Thanks for taking the time to reply, Paul.

    It was a great day of flying and today was just as good, if a little busier 😉 I’ll post a couple of pics later on.

    Cheers for now…

    July 11, 2015 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #864240
    SimonR
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    For all those many fans of Bernard, the French commentator, you’re in luck – he’s back this year and hasn’t stopped talking sine he came to the mic!

    July 10, 2015 at 9:14 pm in reply to: July 10th 75 years ago today, The Battle of Britain #864729
    SimonR
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    Thanks for clarifying that, Lazy8.

    July 10, 2015 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #864740
    SimonR
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    Here are a couple of the P-36 second time around.

    https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/19590109641_14e04c08cf_b.jpgIMG_6370 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3768/19399229939_dce367c927_b.jpgIMG_6368 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    July 10, 2015 at 8:54 pm in reply to: July 10th 75 years ago today, The Battle of Britain #864744
    SimonR
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    Just a matter of interest – what’s the difference between Killed in Action and Killed on Active Service?

    July 10, 2015 at 8:01 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #864773
    SimonR
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    Do we know why the P-36 didn’t retract its gear after take off today?

    A chap next to me was listening in to the radio chatter – the P36 had a hydraulic problem so came back in again without doing a display. It went out again at about 5pm and the u/c retracted as it should so we got a display from it in the end.

    July 10, 2015 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #864779
    SimonR
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    A few from me today. Great day of flying at Duxford, lovely weather for it and a good crowd gathered down the M11 end of the airfield.

    https://farm1.staticflickr.com/557/19397559299_18d0aebc99_b.jpgIMG_5923 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm1.staticflickr.com/283/18961557454_60cb0032c7_b.jpgIMG_5929 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm1.staticflickr.com/271/18963205543_b23878c53b_b.jpgIMG_5932 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm1.staticflickr.com/284/18963200363_f2d5800d2f_b.jpgIMG_6108 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm1.staticflickr.com/372/19557935676_846f0e38fe_b.jpgIMG_6147 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/19557929136_204989cecd_b.jpgIMG_6154 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://farm1.staticflickr.com/542/18963181213_5d7d63663d_b.jpgIMG_6342 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    July 6, 2015 at 8:30 pm in reply to: Gararge clearance find #869008
    SimonR
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    You could try sending an email with links to those photos to : [email]Technical@dehavillandmuseum.co.uk[/email]

    If they are de Havilland tools than they may know more about them.

    Cheers…

    July 6, 2015 at 12:09 pm in reply to: Shuttleworth sold out 5 July #869449
    SimonR
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    I didn’t notice much change in the usual Suttleworth crowd; if the ‘Vulcan fanatics’ were there they kept a very low profile and were vastly outnumbered by the grandparents / grandchildren groups.

    You weren’t looking hard enough – or maybe we were too well disguised. The biggest Vulcan fanatic in our party of four was wearing a dress and drinking white wine, but that’s pretty normal behaviour for my mum! She shed a tear or two when XH558 finally floated off into the distance.

    I can’t help thinking that there’s too much tarring of Vulcan appreciaters going on without enough brushes being used – if anything I think we were more of a party of Chadwick fanatics, Just a pity the Lanc couldn’t have made it 4 if his creations flying at Old Warden yesterday.

    As I said above, booking the Vulcan was a master stroke by the organisers and brought lots of new people through the gates and I’d be willing to bet that the place will benefit as a direct result.

    For example, I hadn’t appreciated before yesterday that the Shuttleworth Collection’s aim is to preserve aircraft in flying condition – surely something that chimes loudly with a bunch of aviation enthusiasts who have followed the ups and downs of keeping a large triangular shaped money-pit in the sky against a lot of odds for many more years than it was thought possible.

    Sorry but I can’t see any reason for negativity. Rant over – no offense intended to Creaking Door 🙂

    July 6, 2015 at 9:08 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #869601
    SimonR
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    …receive a newly restored Supermarine Spitfire Mark I N3200 on behalf of the Imperial War Museums, at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford

    Is there any news as to whether this aircraft will remain at Duxford and be flown? Surely for it to be grounded after all that hard work would be a travesty?

    July 6, 2015 at 12:32 am in reply to: Shuttleworth sold out 5 July #869817
    SimonR
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    Posted elsewhere in the forum, but after finishing the Sun crossword, emptying my glass of Carling and neatly folding my union flag so I could stow it carefully in the draw with my Lancaster T-Shirts, I had time to post here as well.

    My partner and I had a superb day at Old Warden today. It was our first visit there, the appearance of the Vulcan meant that we couldn’t miss the airshow, but I imagine like many first-time visitors today, we’ll be back very soon to enjoy the collection when we’ve got more time to spend there in the hangars.

    Getting the Vulcan to display there was inspired by the show’s organisers because I think it’s brought a new crowd of people through the gates and enabled them to show off Old Warden and the unique aircraft there. It’s well worth a visit if you’ve not been there yet.

    Anyway, the full gallery is here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskc5Xm9n

    A few images below.

    https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3775/19422413226_36cca2eebe_b.jpgIMG_5397 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/442/19448479125_e8f7b79bfd_b.jpgIMG_5401 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/292/18827828173_5ee28e0460_b.jpgIMG_5466 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/403/19448437195_70e0933a3b_b.jpgIMG_5476 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/382/19260875060_13db2ff2a2_b.jpgIMG_5492 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/319/19448407115_7ce13f775a_b.jpgIMG_5563 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/414/18825886574_e4045c5171_b.jpgIMG_5630 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/389/18825881644_d551d83ca1_b.jpgIMG_5659 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/463/19448354245_36d0bfd800_b.jpgIMG_5698 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3704/19442048712_a3380545f4_b.jpgIMG_5746 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/547/19452593441_1ed421154e_b.jpgIMG_5863 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    June 28, 2015 at 11:01 am in reply to: Vulcan weekend, routing now up with detailed maps showing turning points #876529
    SimonR
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    Latest on Twitter (at 10:50)

    “#VForceTour Good morning all on Day 2. We are waiting on a crew briefing and weather check for any update for today. News here ASAP.”

    May 19, 2015 at 12:06 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #908354
    SimonR
    Participant

    In the ground floor of Airspace with the main lights off and the doors closed?

    May 17, 2015 at 10:30 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #909017
    SimonR
    Participant

    Had a lovely afternoon at Duxford today. The various Proctors, Miles, Percivals etc. from the Vintage Aircraft Club were a beautiful sight, especially this little Pietenpol Air Camper – The date on the tailplane is 1929 but IIRC it’s actually a 1989 replica. I could be wrong about that though.

    https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7782/17169861383_c5fbe0dec6_b.jpgIMG_4809 by sboreeves, on Flickr

    It’s pretty surreal walking around Duxford at the moment with the AAM aircraft out in the sunshine and scattered around the place.

    We stopped in to see how the collection was looking in Airspace – there are quite a few more aircraft than two weeks ago – who would have thought that there was enough space for the Dakota between the Fortress and Liberator?!

    https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5455/17787447662_8441f229d9_b.jpgIMG_4862_3_4_tonemapped by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5449/17763868376_be3ff211b6_b.jpgIMG_4886_7_8_tonemapped by sboreeves, on Flickr

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8779/17763827956_a89cc20697_b.jpgIMG_4911_2_3_tonemapped by sboreeves, on Flickr

    MJ627, Spitfire Tr9, was also doing a lot of business at Classic Wings with several pleasure flights with grinning punters, I took a short video of an engine startup and taxi off with one such grinning punter aboard.

    https://youtu.be/ums9hfZnc8o

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