Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

[mfg495]

A very wet day at Duxford last weekend, however, ther was flying. Here are some of the images I took and a bit of info about each aircraft. More to follow

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

AR213 is the sole remaining airworthy Mk I Spitfire out of a total of 1,566 Mk I Spitfires built. AR213 spent its war time service as a training aircraft with 57 and 53 Operational Training Units until sold off, surplus to requirements, in 1947. It languished for many years at the Shuttleworth Collection airfield at Old Warden, just a few miles away from Duxford, the first RAF base to be equipped with Spitfires. In 1967 AR213 was restored to full flying condition in order to take a part in the film The Battle of Britain.

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

AR213 & P7350 is the oldest surviving airworthy Spitfire and is still with the Royal Air Force. Following a chequered career, it is now operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Conningsby. First delivered into RAF service in August 1940 and saw action with several squadrons including 266, 603, 616, and 64 Squadrons. Repaired following an accident P7350 was returned to the Central Gunnery School at RAF Sutton Bridge, near Kings Lynn where it suffered damage in another accident. Following this mishap it was repaired and sent to 57 OTU, where it remained as a training aeroplane until being scrapped in March 1946. By good fortune the aircraft was recognised for what it was and the scrap dealers handed it back to the Royal Air Force Museum at Colerne. There it stayed until, in 1967, it too was returned to flying condition for a role in the epic film The Battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight obtained the aircraft after the filming and it has remained with them up to current time.

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

Hawker HURRICANE XII - Historic Flying Collection, Duxford. Originally bulit by the Canadian Car Foundry it joined the RCAF in 1943. It was struck off charge in 1947 and restored to flying condition in 1989 and the HAC acquired it in 2002.

More to follow 

[No.1]

  This is nice as always 

[Wingman81]

Thanks for the great pictures and info! 

[Letipapa]

Wonderfull We wait more.
Could it be that You know, ruffly, how many Spitfires is alive today (static or flying, no matter)?
 

[mfg495]

Wonderfull We wait more.
Could it be that You know, ruffly, how many Spitfires is alive today (static or flying, no matter)?
 

Have a look at this site, I think it lists the information you are after -

http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/spitfire/preserve.htm

[mfg495]

Some more shots, I hope you enjoy them 

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

Avro Anson C.21 WD413

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-APAO / R4922

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

  Sorry unknown to me 

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

The great lines of the F-16

A couple of shots of one of the only flying F86As flying in the world.

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

F86A Sabre FU-178

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

RAF 2009 Display Hawk XX245, great paint scheme....

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

Working on the He111 in one of the hangers.

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

"Miss Velma", a P-51D Mustang, S/N 44-14561, of the 343rd FS

Duxford Airshow 11 Oct 2009

The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a Counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft primarily in Vietnam.

As you may well see from some of the shots, it was a very wet day at the start. 

[Letipapa]

Pure beauty , I like that Anson. RAF's Hawk XX307 I saw on Batajnica Air Show 2009 on 13Th September here in Belgrade. There were two and I wonder if the other one , which performed a flying programme, was this XX245.

Thanks for the link