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VE Day at Duxford

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Professor_M
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VE Day at Duxford

Post by Professor_M » Sun May 05, 2024 7:53 pm

A handful from a warm and sunny Duxford today, kicking off the UK's 2024 Airshow Season...

Catalina and Nimrod to open the show...
ImageConsolidated Catalina PBV-1A + Hawker Nimrod I (S1581) by Professor M, on Flickr
ImageConsolidated Catalina PBV-1A by Professor M, on Flickr

More naval aviation from the Fury and Wildcat...
ImageHawker Nimrod I (S1581) by Professor M, on Flickr
ImageHawker Fury ISS "SR661" + Grumman FM-2 Wildcat by Professor M, on Flickr
ImageHawker Fury ISS "SR661" by Professor M, on Flickr

FE695 was an unadvertised addition to the line-up...
ImageNoorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIb (FE695) by Professor M, on Flickr

One of my favourite displays of the day...
ImageSupermarine Spitfire LFXVIe (RW382) by Professor M, on Flickr

ARCo's Beaver isn't the most frequent of display participants, so it was good to see, joined by a Chipmunk...
ImageDHC Beaver AL1 (G-DHCZ) + DHC Chipmunk T10 (WB585) by Professor M, on Flickr

ImageHawker Hurricane I (V7497) by Professor M, on Flickr

More from the Fighter Aviation Engineering fleet - including a post-repaint & renovation display debut for MV293...
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Supermarine Spitfire FRXIV (MV268) by Professor M, on Flickr
ImageLockheed 12A Junior Electra (G-AFTL) by Professor M, on Flickr

"Jersey Jerk" put in an appearance, arriving just before the flying started and departing again shortly after - having only made its first flight from these shores earlier in the day...
ImageCAC CA-18 Mustang Mk.21 "Jersey Jerk" by Professor M, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.

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Re: VE Day at Duxford

Post by F3 » Sun May 05, 2024 8:17 pm

Very nice Prof, esp the Fury/Wildcat formation.

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Re: VE Day at Duxford

Post by paddyboy » Mon May 06, 2024 4:08 am

Top work, Prof :thumbs:

That Beaver/Chippie combo looks particularly sweet :)

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: VE Day at Duxford

Post by Boneyard1 » Fri May 10, 2024 10:16 am

Very nice,Prof!👏👏

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Re: VE Day at Duxford

Post by Professor_M » Sat May 11, 2024 10:14 am

Thankyou. :thumb:

We were certainly lucky with the weather - the rather changeable forecast wasn't looking great in the lead-up to the day.

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