Duxford....Birds in Theirs Nests

[Airframes]

And I'd volunteer to watch you !

 

[rochie]

And I'd volunteer to watch you !

And say you missed a bit !

 

[Airframes]

Yep, on top of one of the suspended ones !

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots Jeff!

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Yep, on top of one of the suspended ones !

Staff Sergeants

 

[nuuumannn]

Nice, Jeff. Looking forward to seeing more work done on the Victor; it's the last surviving complete Mk.I, so it's a rarity.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Jeff - saw some things I keep missing when there !

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[rochie]

Hhmmmm, wonder what that last pic is the back end of ?

 

[Wurger]

 

[T Bolt]

Hhmmmm, wonder what that last pic is the back end of ?

I must also say with the number of people who go through the museum and the fee charged, one would think they could send someone with a dust rag around every so often and give a wipe.

I've noticed that too looking at your pictures. looks a lot like my model shelves Maybe there has been some construction going on that makes the dust. You never see that at the Wright Paterson museum. It that's a normal amount of dust they must have a whole team constantly dusting then off

 

[Airframes]

Hhmmmm, wonder what that last pic is the back end of ?

That be two tubes of pure, noisy, aviation porn, that be !

Glenn, the dust looks worse in the pics than it actually is, due to the lighting, but I'll admit, it's the worst I've ever seen it in that particular building. That said, from late summer last year, there was some extensive work being done to the end, mainly glass wall, which is a very large structure, so that might account for it.
In the other half of this large hangar, some of the aircraft from the American Museum are being temporarily stored, whilst the Museum is being refurbished, and the B-17 was undergoing a thorough clean after what looked like a re-paint, as the nose art etc was missing - see pic below, and note how clean this hangar bay is.

EDIT:- I forgot to add - the B-17 has had a lot of work done to it over the last year or so, and now a re-paint, with I think different unit markings (the 'Mary Alice' nose art, and code letters have gone too), so I'm wondering if it's being prepared for the Hanks/Spielberg 8th Air Force mini-series ?
Just speculation, so don't quote me on that !!

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[Crimea_River]

Terry, the Fort was masked on the Friday before you got there and painted by Monday.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Wayne Little]

great shots.

 

[Airframes]

More good ones Jeff.
Thanks Andy, I thought the tail markings looked new. She was painted as 'Mary Alice' for many years, so I'm starting to think this very well could be for 'set dressing' for the new series.