A few of my lunch break snaps... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLbH5HH2woPP9gUdfIWcSzD5xkEOXLPpHY48F_tHLewF3wf6-MROTi9yUKTkv94iC-SjJ1EshH-t39OGQAh_xhHeWcPzh_Y0ULYsFRTpa78RIXvA1CLENi0iJY3Js1p327_ZftDL-GBDcWhTyBhBLgO4o0bPf8EqfOYxZXwc3J7nF33wBdCipecoOZQ/s1200/PB092804.jpg ...

A few snaps of the Aerial Collective T9s on return from a two-ship sortie... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXRdNQNlh2c4ZbnA__PjncX7hQ8Wd-YQdUKtoJuPe8R0SFEZYcRv54L2jwmoeK8WZBAeqJz0qI5auji4rClekxJcirX71-eP9yr-BbTK1fMHRQna2blHQa_2pAdHhHaQwR9hEOtoYxtsp8BdY3SakN5lfyeUh1yuVNn...

On this day 78 years ago PV202 entered squadron service with 33 Sqn at Merville, Northern France... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_E9Aev6NyReGUPxw4_SqteAN978-es2lNjzIOBkykVC0-APeM8jvLYHtGzheppmDT_DD2BkzjHazFylpJi20vVGEJCm3Ck0m9jT6l3drBmWp11eneesaQTAWZ4pY7mdkRfsc56dPAfr...

I paid my first (and probably last) visit a few years ago on the way back from N. Wales too. I thought the Cold War building a complete mess. Another example of let's design & build a completely unsuitable display space for large objects then squeeze those large objects in somehow.... The dispos...

Unknown74,

The two Spitfauxs at Duxford are -
AA937 AF-O FSM/replica on old hangar base
X4474 QV-I FSM/replica on the roundel between hangars 4 & 5

Not sure which Hurricane was there.

Makes me sad to see all these stations closing...

...the only downside for me was that they were using LED light panels, instead of lightbulbs as used on the last two engine runs I’ve been to... Brian, They used the same floodlights at the Duxford In A Different Light night shoot last year. I didn't suffer the strobe effect in my shots... (Olympus...

But from what I can see, you were confined to standing behind the fence for the engine runs? Seems a bit silly not to position the photographers in an arc to make the most of the space available and allow people to shoot from lower angles which the fence would prohibit. I hope those attending are f...

Not getting any of the ~80 photographers in the shot was a miracle!!

Some images I managed to take whilst working the "Duxford In A Different Light : Battle Of Britain Photography Evening"... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Pcmupxye_Xc-lUQEdGdFvCY5fCRKcbPe5yRS7k6DuKhC3TabLS9lJPixNxBbbDa8-zBo1CPCDHRIqzpEl3AyKVsOITTWisMXyvIlDwa0yH...

Snaps from my sprint around the south side during lunch - Spitfires in abundance... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_E-zv5CFkErVZLP3g8OWaiyhx14jnq03jvhU4mb52PV1miSLcKJTk1wo7X_7po0gLV8wYFADVvpsoi00R-GQYmeZns361YeMYIZffKU05smZx5dCM4ECYMJsQtbPUww_7zHVxgs0-nQ2JWJ-LPk3zZ2h0VuM...

Pen Pusher wrote: ↑

Wed 07 Sep 2022, 10:40 am

Meteorops wrote: ↑

Wed 07 Sep 2022, 10:20 am

Re the walk from Whittlsford - has anyone actually done it and lived as you have to cross the M11 roundabout including 2 slip roads.

I've been doing that walk for years and still here to type about it.

The site bus on the other hand....

A few pics taken during my lunchtime stroll... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWpxLDIEA3h2cfhqQGlczKnouupmLVH6UYR7q_U9yg0Pp49D9aDmpEU0CKFXOo9CZAG136nizBrpUQVeAtnnY3pcdV0Jop7NN9bArmjlJrGvWU4aUTqJ_jBbgoF1-5AsRPukS5T59yLVTGV_GtJx8fSGeL30vqDZr4oKrgEUULG4EiVAVSbBMoU6mww/s1200...

469 days since I flew in "Contrary Velma"...

Brilliant!!!

Further larger article in today's newspaper (if you can call the Daily Mail that)! For these well-heeled revellers were actually off-duty pilots from the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force’s elite aerobatics team, along with hangers on from ‘the blues’, their in-house engineers and support staff. &quo...

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ejSiL5kjMNY/VS06fLDEOGI/AAAAAAAABoQ/G9WsgMHPz-o/s1600/IMG_1566.JPG A couple of scans of images I took at Alconbury - can't recall what camera I was using (probably a Canon AE1...) https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Zv4qokwhqs/VS0jYEEkd0I/AAAAAAAABn0/adv_FwTD8mk/s1600/2015-04-14%...

Some strange stuff fell from the sky today... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqhiK4TCYOc7X7gjwI3ZyMuuzChN57P-w7WPzPnz8z810ThrWhNoHcGnq_LB_LbrDQIwih10_iwsQAP44kUMXNCiE6axeA_HFpSi8uLgT-Qv_sogeOc2zsWeugtCK_mgUHXaKG-TDPsKLVIgYSZb6uH8rOkbGlrvB66zfZQH9yyxqwqxsiqgzcOcbeA/s1200/...

Venturing out into the heat, managed to time my lunch break with a little flying action... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElALfJ1UukEH_zYfgsbdpz48lVOfLduEnNKYphYqzt8x0BxGaiY20myQXXr2xTBPSYPHSNIOVIxtL4ISLmTdCfMfF4A0zZqoCnnF_DNAMaMGXLhwAZ76H_slcEXxWT15MTagpp3icasjLaLHqkhaQ...

During my brief escape from the air conditioned comfort of my building northside I managed to grab a couple of snaps... (can't top David's Madingley exclusive or the 2 Daks on the jet pan!!) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAylHTHVdaCOb5HqKBkTmYtqU2fdw1LY3X7D_HwtnjfF_4zAbz...

Passenger compartment looks a bit snug!!

Managed to 'bag' Spitfire FR.XIVe RM927 during it's visit from Sywell today and some other stuff... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZA4sSXTJf08xL3TRfCDy1b-lYbr6lYqkihwqd-QLePFJonAo15jmZFf7GwiTuXjEBO3VilmzWKhxkVt7Uer3CSjKmNqmCDIY_TOSUBmlqbt4eNCVNdCrM0xXClkMupi77388R7ql04d...

That was a slightly different event utilising the aircraft gathered for the "Spitfire - Evolution of an Icon" in Airspace as well as the aircraft on permanent display. There was an evening photography event in Sept 21 that was outside and used re-enactors with several aircraft as well as a...

I managed to squeeze in a post lunch saunter yesterday... The Spitfire/Buchon practice display/dogfight seemed appropriate, as once back to work watching gun camera film, it included footage of 109s being shot down in July 1944... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtWqmxPe8...

ZK001 to ZK004 are Merlins, that sequence then continued with a Grob Vigilant and a few other things until ZK010, the start of the RAF Hawk T2 allocation. Recently serial number allocations have been done for vanity, think about the 32 Squadron AW109 - GZ100, Lightning IIs starting at ZM135 to matc...

Not being an expert on RAF serial number system has there ever been a serial range that started with a 001? All the previous number allocations seem to start 100 or higher. I hardly think the MoD will change the format used for decades. And I doubt the three aircraft will use up the current system. ...