Duxford Diary 2020

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LN Strike Eagle
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BM597 looks absolutely superb in the new scheme. Love a Mk.V.
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I wish they’d put it back in the correct green/grey markings it would have had from the factory though, instead of the present pretend Battle of Britain colours it has now. And before anyone comments, I know the owner likes it that way, and he can paint it the way he wants.

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Mike,

The green/brown camo on the Spit would be accurate for a Mk.V Spit in early 1941, the sky spinner and tail band are post-BofB.

I do agree, though, that it would be nice to see her one day in the green/grey scheme she rolled out of the factory in.

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Duxford Wednesday 9th December:

Some clear weather for a change, with Harvard 'Wacky Wabbit' busy training, and a rare sighting of East Midlands based KF183. Spitfire PV202 made a single sortie.

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An interesting visitor in the shape of Sikorsky S-92A EZ-S721 of the Turkmenistan Government, on a test flight from Stansted:

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