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Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 6~24May18*

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Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 6~24May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Tue May 01, 2018 6:03 pm

A bit of 'Over the Fence' photography to start the day as ARCo engineers were having a hangar shuffle before the museum opened and the hangar doors were closed by the time the museum did open. A team from RAF Marham were beavering away in hangar 4 putting the missing pieces onto the GR.4, and the Catalina was out of hangar 2, again, and was due to go flying but developed an engine problem. The MAGPAS Air Ambulance, based at RAF Wyton, dropped in for fuel and Harvard 'TAZ' was doing a spot of pilot training. In the order taken.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ 01May18

Post by jem60 » Tue May 01, 2018 6:50 pm

Nice as usual Brian. Nice to see the Magpas helicopter. I used to be a First Responder with them when I was younger. Only time I felt that I was doing something useful for society!!. :)

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ 01May18

Post by paddyboy » Wed May 02, 2018 6:50 am

Hi Brian :P

Great shots in great weather :thumbs:

You wouldn't have enjoyed that sky today :@

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ 01May18

Post by Sparts99 » Wed May 02, 2018 9:36 am

Keep up the good work. Any news on the Beaufighter, anywhere near flying or a date set? Shame there's been no progress on the Firefly, would love to see that up and about too.
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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ 01May18

Post by Tiger 1 » Wed May 02, 2018 1:39 pm

Hi Brian

Nice start to the May Bimbles... you may be able to help me actuallly... I passed by Duxford yesterday morning at about 09.30 and the Devon was parked up in the aera at the side of the M11.

When passing by at 13.30pm on my way back up... I noticed there was a second aircraft now parked beside the Devon... looked like a Spit?

Could you help with an ID and a serial if poss.

Many thanks for your help.

See you for a quick chat at the May Show if your there on the Saturday.

Best rgds

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ 01May18

Post by Pen Pusher » Thu May 03, 2018 5:36 pm

Tim - Can't help you as I wasn't there then but a silver Percival Prentice/G-APJB has been parked next to it for a while now. Should be in on the Saturday of the May show, see you then.

Sparts99 - They are trying to track down engines for the Beaufighter and then it should become airworthy. The Firefly is one of the 'In-house projects' and they are only worked on as and when they are not working on customers aircraft.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 1~03May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Thu May 03, 2018 5:37 pm

A quiet-ish morning at Duxford. A pair of Chipmunks flew several display routines over the airfield and a T.76 Firefly flew in from the south did a practice display and flew south again when finished. The Apache helicopter that broke and spent the night in AirSpace, was towed out onto the jet pan and what sounded like an APU fired up so that the Army Air Corps engineers could see what the problem was. I believe it's now back in AirSpace and the Bremont Broussard/G-HOUR flew in and parked up at ARCo. in the order taken.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 1~03May18*

Post by Punkrunner62 » Thu May 03, 2018 5:43 pm

Very nice Brian,thanks again.
Cheers.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 1~03May18*

Post by Tiger 1 » Thu May 03, 2018 6:09 pm

Hi Brian... many thanks for your help... could well have been the Prentice... I only got a quick look as I passed.

Thanks again... see you on the Saturday of the show :thumb:

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Post by paddyboy » Fri May 04, 2018 6:15 am

Nice add-ons, Brian :P

A pair of chipper-looking Chippies there :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 2~05May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Sat May 05, 2018 7:09 pm

Another war bird Saturday at Duxford. Started when the museum opened and P-47D Thunderbolt/'Nellie' arrived from Sywell and parked up while the owner had a look around it. Stu Goldspink took it flying later. Having arrived in the P-47, Richard Grace flew out to Sywell later in the Hawker Fury. The Blenheim went up for a practice display as did the Catalina before departing to spend the weekend at Abingdon for their air show. The Yak-3 had a problem with it's undercarriage just after taking off and flew back to Sywell wheels down. Despite being a Bank Holiday weekend it was wall to wall blue sky and sunshine.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 2~05May18*

Post by paddyboy » Wed May 09, 2018 7:16 pm

Hi Brian :P

More lovely 'newbie' pics there :thumbs:

Thanks yet again, for posting :thumb:

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 3~10May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Thu May 10, 2018 7:52 pm

A bit of a training day at Duxford. Started with Harvard/TAZ doing circuits with the pilot then moving on to P-51D Mustang/Sharkmouth and then another pilot took the P-51D up later. TFC had their Hawk 75 and Harvard flying several times and their Nimrod was out for an engine run. There were two other Harvard's flying with FE511 parking on the grass outside ARCo and the Classic Wings yellow RCAF marked Harvard up and down most of the day. In the order taken.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 4~18May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Fri May 18, 2018 6:04 pm

A short visit to Duxford today despite plenty going on in the sunshine with pilots and war birds out on handling flights prior to departing for air shows like the Twochon and Spitfire FR XIV which went off to La Ferté-Alais.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 4~18May18*

Post by jem60 » Sat May 19, 2018 8:50 am

Nice as always. Looking forward to next week-end.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 5~19May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Sun May 20, 2018 8:40 am

Another glorious sunny war bird Saturday at Duxford. As the wind was favoring the 06 end of the runway, I spent over 5 hours on the tank bank overdosing on Vitamin D. In the order taken.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 5~19May18*

Post by jem60 » Sun May 20, 2018 10:09 am

Great to see the Anson in Military markings. Memories of A.T.C Cadet flights man years ago!!. :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 5~19May18*

Post by Nighthawke » Sun May 20, 2018 11:52 am

Very nice as always Brian. Saw the Anson flying over Wimpole Hall yesterday presumably on its way to you.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 5~19May18*

Post by John flightpath » Sun May 20, 2018 9:20 pm

Another great set taken in the sunshine. Keep them coming.

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Re: Duxford May Bimbles ~ *UPDATE 6~24May18*

Post by Pen Pusher » Thu May 24, 2018 7:22 pm

A very quiet day at Duxford punctuated by a brief flurry of activity in the afternoon with a practice display by the The Patrouille Acrobatique de France and after they had finished my first chance to catch the new Spitfire PR.XI/PL983 flying. In the order taken.

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