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The Very Best of British
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 10:31 pm
by Professor_M
A selection from an enjoyable day at Old Warden today - the Spitfire XIV and Jet Provost T3A were my particular highlights, but there were many other excellent displays too...
RAF BBMF Hurricane IIC (LF363) by
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Percival Provost T1 - XF603 by
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DHC Chipmunk T10 (WP905) by
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de Havilland DH.88 Comet - G-ACSS by
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Hunting Jet Provost T3A (XM479) by
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Slingsby T13 Petrel by
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Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a - F-904 by
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Avro 504K by
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Bristol Scout by
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Miles M.2L Hawk Speed Six - G-ADGP, Miles Magister I - P6382, Miles Magister III - V1075 by
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Miles Magister I - P6382 by
Professor M, on Flickr
Fairey Swordfish IV - W5856 by
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Bristol Blenheim IF (L6739), Westland Lysander IIIA - V9552, Gloster Gladiator I - L8032 by
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Bristol Blenheim IF (L6739) by
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Gloster Gladiator I - L8032 by
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EoN Primary by
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Sopwith Pup (9917) by
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Sopwith Triplane - N6290 by
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Avro Anson XIX by
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Hawker Fury I (K5674) by
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Supermarine Spitfire LFVC (AR501) by
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Percival Mew Gull E2H - G-AEXF by
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Supermarine Spitfire FRXIV (MV293) by
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Auster AOP9 (XR244) by
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Thanks for looking.
Re: The Very Best of British
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 3:27 am
by paddyboy
Cracking set there, Prof
Looks like it was an excellent show in super weather as well
Thanks for posting
Paddyboy

Re: The Very Best of British
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 6:35 am
by Mustang531
Thanks for sharing these with us, welcome publicity for the Shuttleworth Collection too. Hard to pick a favourite amongst them. Minor error, the Auster AOP.9 was not built by Taylorcraft, but there's some excellent shots here.
Re: The Very Best of British
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 12:05 pm
by Professor_M
paddyboy wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 3:27 am
Cracking set there, Prof
Looks like it was an excellent show in super weather as well
Thanks for posting
Paddyboy
Thankyou Paddyboy - yes even the weather was on our side for this one (mostly), attracting a good crowd for the show.
Mustang531 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 6:35 am
Thanks for sharing these with us, welcome publicity for the Shuttleworth Collection too. Hard to pick a favourite amongst them. Minor error, the Auster AOP.9 was not built by Taylorcraft, but there's some excellent shots here.
Thankyou, and correction noted about the Auster - my bad habit of always blindly prefixing any Auster with Taylorcraft will be considered far more carefully in future!
Re: The Very Best of British
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 5:37 pm
by F3
Another stunning set Prof. Particularly liking the JP3, an ex - 1FTS display ship.
Re: The Very Best of British
Posted: Fri May 17, 2024 6:31 pm
by Professor_M
F3 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 5:37 pm
Another stunning set Prof. Particularly liking the JP3, an ex - 1FTS display ship.
Thankyou. Did XM479 ever actually fly as a 1FTS display aircraft, or is it just marked up as one? It regained these markings in 2011 or so, initially with Serco titles on the tip tanks, subsequently gaining the 1FTS titles instead (which doesn't quite look like the same font compared to photos of other 1FTS display aircraft in period).