Warbirdskies

15/03/2018

Saunter 15.III.18

PV202 took to the air today while I was working off my dinner...

05/03/2018

On 5 March 1936, the prototype Spitfire K5054 took off on its first flight from Eastleigh Aerodrome (later Southampton Airport) with Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers, chief test pilot for Vickers at the controls.

28/02/2018

Wintery Wednesday...

Braved the winter weather to go in today and managed to catch the newly painted Spitfire T9 PT462 in H3 minus her 'tail feathers' which are being painted off the aircraft.
T9s NH341 and PV202 were keeping her company.

Meanwhile, outside the "Spitfaux" R9612 was braving the Beast From The East...

27/02/2018

Spotted - Fournado Flight...

Passing overhead, RAF Tornado "VOODO01" ZA542 plus 3 wingmen on heading 247º (info from ADSBxchange)

22/02/2018

Saunter 21.II.18

Bit of a murky day all day so not a lot happening, or at least not as I took my post lunch stroll around...

Spitfire T9 PV202 parked outside, BBMF Chipmunk WG486 was running up, TFC Sea Fury T.20 WG655 parked up after more engine runs...

07/02/2018

Saunter 7.II.18...

New site transport spotted parked up today - electric powered so hope they remember to plug it in?

And the Spitfaux was looking quite realistic today - from a distance...

25/01/2018

T9 Territory...

The sound of a Merlin for a good part of the afternoon to the south of me - SM520 enjoying the clear blue sky...

I waited for it to pass in front of the Moon but while it came soooooo close it didn't, so a bit of imagination and Photoshop...

23/01/2018

Today's saunter...

PV202 cornered by a horde of Astons...

18/01/2018

The calm after the storm...

Clear blue skies followed the overnight gales but clouds soon rolled in to blanket the airfield, meanwhile there was a bit of activity today from SM520...
And a WokkaWokka did a low level pass for good measure...

11/01/2018

T.20 Thursday

Caught the T.20 being returned to H2 this afternoon...

04/01/2018

Finger of god

The sun came out for a brief time this morning but sauntering around the site after lunch, the wind picked up a fair bit and ominous clouds were approaching from the west...

#4

After snapping three T9s in H3 I bagged my 4th in H2, in the shape of Aero Legends NH341 "Elizabeth", which has now been reunited with her Merlin - a return to the air soon?

T9 Thursday...

3 x T9s residing in H3 - PT462, SM520, PV202

4/1/18 - Stang-o-rama

First working visit of 2018 and as I drove in I noticed the contents of H2N(e) were being dragged out, so took some quick snaps of the 'Stangs...

Apparently, it's almost 30 years since these three were together as Cisco, Moose and Miss L for the filming of Memphis Belle in 1989.

Also a shot of Miss Helen's tail awaiting repair - Ferocious Frankie placed between MH and Shark Mouth just in case it gets "nippy" again...

01/01/2018

23/12/2017

Merry Xmas all...

08/12/2017

Trio, threesome, triumvirate, triad, troika of T9s...

04/12/2017

Sea Fury

TFC's Sea Fury T-20 was pulled out for an engine run today - unfortunately they didn't manage to get it running while I was there....

But nice to see in in the day light, wings unfolded and one beefy prop attached.

29/11/2017

A Merlin, two seats but not a Spitfire...

MeierMotors have posted on their FB page that Fiat G-59 4B D-FIAT (previously VH-LIX) has flown following a full rebuild at their facility.
It follows the trend at MeierMotors for highly shiny aircraft and looks rather nice...