Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

[gregers]

well, today i had a cracking day out despite the drive down, and back being I.M.C all the way. me and the mrs went to the BoBMF flight and met up with a mate of mine there. we had a great couple of hours looking round the hanger with all the inmates that were at home in bits to a greater or lesser extent, cept the lone Chipmunk WG486 who only had her cowls open showing her 'rude bits' the Dak is at Air Atlantic getting spanners chucked at her, as is the other Hurricane at Duxford, the other Chipmunk WK518 is getting some T.L.C at Cardington i believe. enough of me babbling on, pics tell it better than i can (though sorry about some of the quality, i have had to 'tweak' the pics a bit as they were rather dark.

warning, lots of pics

























































hope you like,

Greg

[seanrgb]

Wow Greg
you lucky sod , man i'm jealous now
great pics mate
oh the blue on the Maltese spit try humbrol 96

[gregers]

cool, will do if i do decide to build it, cheers.

here are a couple more pics.



hope you like.

Greg

[seanrgb]

I'm going to cry now mate
wow these are so cool

[animal]

You can feel the history in these photos. You are very lucky indeed to be able to walk among so much history.

[gregers]

Hiya Dave,
i could certainly fl the history there, especially as some of the guys who are tour guides are WW2 aircrew veterans, and boy do they have stories to tell. one of them aws shot down in a lancaster during 44 and some of the crew were lost. he has written a book about his experiences and it is for sale there, i will be picking up a copy next time i am down there. th normal tour goes along the side of the hanger and across one end, as i was a guest of one of someone who works there i was taken down the middle of the hanger, a rare privalige, one for which i am very greatful.
all i can say is......... What an experience....

all the best,

Greg

[animal]

You are one lucky guy!!

[Lobbie]

Greg,

Excellent collection of pix, bad light or not, we have a Lanc at our National Museum and a Mk IIa Spit, along with a lot of Luftwaffe stuff. Most of the Warbirds that fly here are in Private hands.