Well done!!

I visited in February, and took 6 or 7 films of slide. When I got them back they were just BLACK. Only the roof lights could be seen. Gosh, I was sooooo impressed. At least the outside stuff came out well (it did have snow on it at the time)

Are you on digital?

Willow

….who will no doubt state that the Firefly has a crew of two, and always has done.

Can we stop going on about this please?:(

Willow

The Casa2111 at Duxford came directly from Spain in a deal set up by OFMC. It may well have been in the BofB film, but was not one of the 2 that were based at Duxford during the filming. One of these passed to the Southend Air Museum and was, until recently, under restoration at North Weald. It has now moved to ‘Norfolk’ for restoration to fly by an American owner. The other Duxford based C2111 moved to the US directly after filming and is now on static display. The aircraft lost last week was imported to the UK by Visionair (Jeff Hawks outift?) as one of a pair. The other was lost on the delivery flight, sadly killing the well known display pilot Neil Williams.
The remaining aircraft passed to the CAF and has been operated by their Arizona wing at Mesa near Pheonix Arizona.

I visited there in February, and was lucky enough to have a tour of the Casa as it was parked out on the ramp. A fascinating aeroplane and another sad loss.
If I find some way of posting the slides of it on the ramp, then I will.

Willow

How many Fireflys are there still airworthy now?

I know that there’s one in the US, but are there any in Australia?

Willow

In these days of financial cutbacks and hightened security, we should be glad of any military organised airshow. I think we’re very lucky to get Waddo at all. Yes, it did seem a bit light this year, but all the display teams were already booked into the big show in Austria, and many front line aircraft have more important things to do these days. Be grateful for what we did get.
I was quite pleased with the amount of historic aircraft in the static display. It contrasts nicely with the ‘heavy metal’ that you expect at an RAF show. As far as I know, the only RAF type not present was a Merlin. This is as it should be at Englands only RAF Airshow this year (Leuchars is in Scotland, you know).:rolleyes:

As for funfairs, craft fairs, and shopping malls, I would have thought that this makes a day full of ‘boring’ aeroplanes a lot more bareable for any family members who come along because they have nothing better to do. They will also be more likely to come again next year, and that has to be a good thing.

Willow

P.S. The ‘high-alfa’ pass by the F18 was one of the best ever! I cannot believe that a big fighter like that can fly that slowly!!

This, of course, explains why all the posters advertising this event show Spitfire EP120 and a desert painted Hurricane. I did wonder what that was all about.

This must be one of the best kept restoration secrets of all time.

Well done to all concerned, I can’t wait for the weekend.

Willow