Duxford Diary 2022

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JonMann wrote:
Sat 12 Feb 2022, 7:48 pm
To get that photo, the camera must have been on a very big pole. :)
Probably a stepladder...

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Fargo Boyle wrote:
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JonMann wrote:
Sat 12 Feb 2022, 7:48 pm
To get that photo, the camera must have been on a very big pole. :)
Probably a stepladder...
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Duxford Wednesday 16th February:

Typhoon DA4 ZH590 was moved from Hangar 5 to Hangar 3 yesterday morning.
There's no news on the move to Newark, I can't find any comment from either NAM or IWM for more than two years now.

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Work is continuing with the preparation of Herald G-APWJ for the move North:

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Visiting today:

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Almost two years to the month that Ciara struck. Hopefully the roof of Airspace can withstand it!...
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Duxford Thursday 17th February:

Some hard work this afternoon by Duxford Fire Service, ATC and Operations staff saw all 16 based light aircraft moved from outdoor parking into any available corner of the hangars.

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A snap taken during the "Duxford In A Different Light - The Spitfire Special"...

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When the advertising said 'In a different light' I assumed it would be this so didn't get a ticket. Psychedelic lighting is a Marmite thing. I don't like Marmite.
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Pen Pusher wrote:
Sun 20 Feb 2022, 5:54 am
When the advertising said 'In a different light' I assumed it would be this so didn't get a ticket. Psychedelic lighting is a Marmite thing. I don't like Marmite.
Oh Dear! That's horrendous!

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Well, the folk who turned up all seemed to enjoy the event and they had normal lighting as well for the 'first half'.
I was there working so only managed a few photos...

I don't like Marmite either Brian! :nauseated_face:
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BobL wrote:
Sun 20 Feb 2022, 12:23 pm
Well, the folk who turned up all seemed to enjoy the event and they had normal lighting as well for the 'first half'.
I was there working so only managed a few photos...

I don't like Marmite either Brian! :nauseated_face:

as someone who paid to go to this event , i found it ok considering im too im not convinced on coloured lighting.have done a few night shoots with lighting which i enjoy , the first part with normal light was for me just that normal light just another day at the office so to speak .
my biggest & only niggle on the spitfire lighting was every one more or less was from the front which for me was hard work trying to find something different ( my photography & talent is basic ) would have liked to of seen some rear 3/4 or side lighting but as i say that my only niggle .
fond the airspace side better which is a shame as i love my warbirds & spitfires
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Just to clarify this post & the above one is by the same person not sure why or how I seem to have 2 different logins / username
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Now that’s just hideous. Each to their own, I suppose. As long as those who paid to go are happy, that’s what matters

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Duxford Wednesday 23rd February:

A section of Victor XH648 shows what we can expect to see in a few weeks as the 5 year (plus) project accelerates towards completion:

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The port rear fuselage is next, roundel already applied:
(Many thanks to AR and crew)

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Staying with Handley Page, the Herald's fin was removed this morning:

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The DAS British Airliner Collection includes another Handley Page airframe, the fuselage of Hermes G-ALDG rests underneath Concorde G-AXDN.
(More on this 'relic' due next week)

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For the record, two more Handley Page exhibits, Hastings TG528 and the nose of Halifax PN323:

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Visiting today, Chinook HC.5 ZH901:

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Duxford Friday 25th February:

Cold and windy, but sunny for a change, and Hurricane R4118 was out for a compass swing:

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This morning saw the arrival of a new resident tug, the markings matching the Harvard 'Wacky Wabbit'. I'm told it is a 1948 Ferguson TEA20, superbly rebuilt. A true classic (they only built half a million !)

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Duxford Saturday 26th February:

The based Currie Wot / SE5A is being repainted, looks like it will be Bishop's 60 Sqn A8936:

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A Hangar 3 shuffle this afternoon:

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Visiting today (More on Flickr):

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Duxford Sunday 27th February:

Once half of the Red Bull 'Matadors' team, XA41 G-IIFI passed through Duxford this morning on the way to a new owner in Germany:

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Duxford Sunday 6th March:

Hurricane R4118 was busy again this morning, with two local sorties:

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'Miss Pick Up' now has both R-1830s installed:

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More progress with Victor XH648:

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Is that soft blend on the camouflage correct? Every RAF aircraft from the period that I’ve seen seems to have a hard-edged mask.

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Interesting question. I have seen several examples of hard-edged camouflage patterns in museums, but to be sure you would need to check a close-up period photo. The ones I've found so far aren't clear enough to see if it is really a hard-edged mask or a soft edge that shows up as a hard edge due to the lack of resolution and/or the distance from which the photo was taken.

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Wouldn't have been a problem if they'd used anti-flash white all over... :thinking:


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Interesting. Before going into restoration, XH648 was painted in a "grey and flat earthy" colour, not the green and grey currently being applied. I also recall the roundels previously being of type B low viz, not the type A that she is currently sporting. Does anyone know why IWM has chosen to do it differently to before?

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The flat earthy colour was simply very faded dark green.
Without checking absolute dates she arrived in the mid 1970s and had a repaint in the 90s [?] which was not to modern standards. She was definitely in need of a major preservation project and it’s been fascinating watching the progress over the last five years. It shouldn’t be too long before she is moved, initially into the front of AirSpace; possibility without the outer wings attached for now as there are plans for major movements in that building . I don’t have definitive information on that so won’t guess.
As for hard v soft edges and roundabout types - pass.
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There is a photo from 1992 here that shows how the previous scheme looked on this same part of the airframe. If this was applied after arrival at Duxford, it may not be representative of the in-service scheme.

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Duxford Wednesday 9th March:

Hurricane V7497 returned from Elmsett this morning and is already back on show in Hangar 4:

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More paint on Victor XH648. Official RAF drawings and contemporary photos are being used to get the correct 'soft' camouflage lines:

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