Duxford - a Pictorial Tour.

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 !
 

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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.
 
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 !!
 

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