"Duxford In A Different Light : The Flying Bulls" - Part 2

Some more shots, in no particular order*, of yesterday evenings photoshoot... 

(*Blogger has loaded them in reverse order once again!...)

Not often I snap two types together that I have flown in... 

"Smoke ON!"

Flying Bulls P-38 engine run and "smoke on" display yesterday evening...

 

 

 

 

Douglas C-41A "Hap-Penstance"

Douglas C-41A (N341A) was a short notice stand-in for the photo shoot at Duxford this evening. As it is the 70th anniversary of my first flight in a Silver City Airways C-47 from Lydd in Kent to Wick in Caithness I jumped at the chance to have a look inside...
I suspect that the level of comfort is above that of the C-47 we flew in back in 1956!...

Duxford In A Different Light : The Flying Bulls

Some shots of the engine runs this evening...
Eskil Amdal at the controls.

 

Pre Airshow Weekend Wednesday...

Some shots from the airfield today...
Seeing the Red Bull fleet parked up awaiting the weekend was a bonus - not sure when I last saw Nooky Booky IV but it was before she was added to the RB'ers...

 

Back to a Wednesday wander...

Grey sky but a warm day, so roof down for my lunch break then a quick stroll down to "Area 51" catching PT462 taxiing back to 'base' after landing...
Tidy looking Diamond DA62 parked on the jetpan today flying in from Lelystad...

 

ZA947 flypast 👋

Treated to a flypast by the BBMF's Dakota ZA947 as she flew south to join the Trooping The Colour formation. 👋👋

As this year is the 70th anniversary of my first ever flight, in a DC3/C-47 Dakota operated by Silver City Airways, from Lydd to Wick, I'll accept this as a belated birthday flypast!

BBMF's ZA947 parked up at IWM Duxford in 2025

 

A Friday visit for a change...

As yesterday was my birthday I moved my working day to today. MJ444 still lingering in H2 and awaiting it's departure to sunnier climes with "Fighter Pilot Adventure Flights" in Queensland AUS (although today was quite warm and sunny!).
PL983 undergoing an engine run as it is reassembled following it's own journey down under.

Other residents soaking up the rays...