Duxford - a Pictorial Tour.

[Airframes]

Thanks guys. Karl, yes, it's the half of the hangar we missed, although some of the aircraft we saw previously have been moved into here.

 

[dirkpitt289]

What a great collection of photos. Thanks for sharing those with us

 

[T Bolt]

Fantastic Terry!! I've just got to make the trip!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks guys. Glenn, you certainly won't regret it if you visit Duxford !

 

[pbfoot]

A Yale in the UK

 

[Crimea_River]

Great pics Terry!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent photos Terry. That is a huge collection of aircraft. I was surprised to see a T-28 in there.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks guys, more soon.
A Yale Neil? It's a Harvard - the first American aircraft delivered to the RAF in 1938. There were almost 3,000 of them, of all Marks, plus Canadian - built examples with the EATP in Canada, and the last three only retired from RAF service a few years ago.

 

[pbfoot]

It looks like a fixed undercart and that Scoop on top of the cowling

 

[Airframes]

Neil, I think you're right! I thought it was the one I had photographed from the front, but on checking, it's a different one. So yes, fairly rare for the UK, although there are a lot of unusual / rarely seen aircraft at Duxford.

 

[Airframes]

Moving on to the first of the three remaining 'Belfast Truss' hangars (the other one was blown up for the BoB movie!), Hangar 3, and again a mix of static display and airworthy aircraft. The buildings alone are historically important, dating from 1919, and are so-called due to the design of the roof trusses.
Here again preservation and re-build work can be seen, with the Blenheim being a fine example. Having been restored to flying condition, it crashed, was restored again, only to suffer a further mishap! It has now had it's MkIV 'bomber' nose removed, and has been fitted with a Mk1 'fighter' nose, which at one time served as a road -going car !

 

[T Bolt]

Wonderful! Keep 'em coming Terry!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

WOW!!! What is the last aircraft Terry?

 

[Gnomey]

Fairey Firefly I think Aaron.

Good stuff Terry, keep it coming.

 

[Crimea_River]

That's a Fairey Firefly Aaron.

Once again Terry, great pics. There's been a lot of progress on the Blenheim since I was there in September.

 

[Crimea_River]

Ha! I didn't hit send fast enough!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks chaps, and yes, it's a fairly rare Firefly. I agree Andy, it always amazes me how some of the restorations suddenly seem to come alive.
More tomorrow.

 

[pbfoot]

Looks like the Blenheim (Bolingnroke) which the one in Duxford is will be flying here sooner (Canadian Warbird Heritage)

 

[Airframes]

Yep. Just hope that when the Duxford one gets airborne again, which I think is scheduled for next year, it doesn't bl**dy crash again !!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great pics!