Today I finally made the trip to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. It's a great collection of planes (and tanks/arty). A few things I hadn't seen before and lots of what I expected to see; spits and hurries!
The best parts are the flying birds hangar and the restorations. Really amazing stuff and lots of engines open being worked on.
Here are some of the pics from the day.
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In the original hangar at Duxford.
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Such a good looking plane!
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In person this just looks tough
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The stinger spot
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Two P-40s and a P-36 in the same hangar!
The chrome one is a C and couldn't see what version the one in the rear is.
The chrome one is a C and couldn't see what version the one in the rear is.
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Nice to see this on the tarmac
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Kids learning about the Lancaster
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The USAAF hangar
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Love the nose paintings
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Here is something I hadn't seen before.
A long lance!
A long lance!
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This thing is a Salamander. I hadn't seen one, but remember some pics. Supposed to be a "people's fighter" for relatively untrained pilots in the late war, it actually turned out to be a bear to handle. Not surprising looking at the stubby wings and odd engine placement. Really a small plane though, and it was apparently mostly wood construction. It said it went from designs to production in 90 days!
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Another rare bird. This is an He 111 in mid-recontrction. Too bad it was piled in behind a few other planes
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Ooh, I've always liked those latewar German "Wunderwaffen", good to see somebody has one put together.
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This thing is a Salamander. I hadn't seen one, but remember some pics. Supposed to be a "people's fighter" for relatively untrained pilots in the late war, it actually turned out to be a bear to handle. Not surprising looking at the stubby wings and odd engine placement. Really a small plane though, and it was apparently mostly wood construction. It said it went from designs to production in 90 days!
I made a model (plastic) of this one when I was a kid and mounted the wings backwards! [8|][:(]
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Thanks TS for your photos. Tons of birds there. You convinced me I need to go there soon.
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I hope my Aussie opponent got to see this and the big fall air show...he is on sabbatical from the game to visit mother England. Every Sept Duxford has s big air show....I told him to go...did you get there Wild Bill??