A-26 Invader 'Sugarland Express'

It's a long time since I've seen this A-26. Owned by the Scandinavian Historic Flight it would sometimes participate in Flying Legends shows at Duxford. After 36 years in their hands it has now been sold and flown to Germany with new owners at Flugplatz Mullheim. Let's hope this means it gets out and about again in the future.

Nimrod XV244

Although it hasn't flown for more than a decade this Nimrod is the last such aircraft still on an RAF base. It can be found on the outer edge of RAF Kinloss which now serves as a barracks. The aircraft is owned by the Morayvia Air Museum which is close by. I believe that there is an intention to move it to the museum site. Eventually! For now it is possible to snap it through the fence from the nearby road.

Harvest Reaper

 A sad tale from Burghead, Scotland

Ten years on - part 2

When the Canadian Lancaster came to the UK 10 years ago I was lucky enough to get a flight. The flight was out of Humberside - former RAF Kirmington - and there were five of us aboard. I believe this was the first flight that was undertaken in the UK. It was of course an experience not to be forgotten and I made this soon after being a mixture of footage I shot and some that my wife took from the terminal building.

 

Ten years on!

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of the Canadian Lancaster, affectionately christened Vera, for the start of her UK tour and it turned in to a pretty good summer as a result. It was therefore 10 years ago that I sat in my office distracted by a track on Flight Radar which lost signal for a while due to low altitude and then I was excitedly texting my wife when the track resumed and the Lanc crossed the Scottish cost on the way to Coninsby. Great memories 🙂

Hatfield Sea Vixen

The DH Sea Vixen on display outside at the De Havilland Museum at Hatfield was looking a bit sorry for itself when I was there in 2021 but I am pleased to see that a full repaint has just been started.

Mustang NZ2415

This P51 Mustang was one of the attractions at Warbirds over Wanaka at Easter this year (see older posts) and is cuurently up for sale through Clasic Aircraft Sales Ltd. It is noted as 'on deposit' so I guess a change of ownership could be close. Wonder whether it is staying in NZ.

Spitfire PV202

Caught this Spit giving a lucky punter an experience flight at Duxford a week or so ago.

Norwegian Historic Flight Vampire

The Norwegain Flight Vampire was in the air when I was at Duxford lat weekend and I caught it returning to base.

Jaguar XZ383

I caught this Jaguar in the sunshine at the Cosford RAF centenary in 2018. It has recently moved to the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington.

Duxford amble

As noted below I had a wander around Duxford this weekend and here are a few snaps of what I saw.