The Evening News From Duxford ~ July 5th 2011

[bomberflight]

Picture the scene if you will .....

It's 09:57 as you drive into the visitor car park and there on the other side of the perimeter chain link fence are two Mustangs just waiting
to have their pictures taken !

It would be wrong to ignore a start to the day like that wouldn't it ?







The next pic was taken with the "Polecam" with a cable remote release ~
without actually touching the aircraft in any way



The view over the bonnet .....





Lets take a wander into The Fighter Collection Hangar and see how things are going with putting the P-40F together



Did they work all thru the night ! This is just 24 hours after it arrived at DX !









The prop is ready and waiting to be fitted



As so we arrive at lunch time ...... Who's that walking from the tower over to the flight line ? John Hinton.
And now thats Steve Hinton ( x2 ).
Merlins turn over together and all THREE P-51's on the line roar into life then taxi our way !



The spin around and Alpha holding point and ...... uh oh ~ were going to get BLASTED by prop wash when
they run up the power for checks

They line up and go ~ along with the camera ship of a certain Mr. John Dibbs for a photo call



All to soon ~ they're back and do a run and break for landing.





Miss Velma ~ flown by Steve Hinton



February ~ flown by John Hinton



Fragile But Agile ~ flown by Stevie Hinton ( Is it Stevie or Steve Jnr ? ~ I'd like to get it right for future posts )



We suspect this is the first time we've had three P-51's in formation flown by three members of the Hinton family over the UK

Nick Grey [ Name edited to correct it ] took the Sea Fury up for a couple of fast paced practice displays



And finally today ......

The Mustangs achieved their first "kill" of a ground target on today's mission

Last edited by bomberflight on Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:15 pm, edited 2 times in total.

[51fixer]

I believe Stevo or Steven for the younger Hinton.
All those replicas look great over there.

[Rob.Brindley]

Nick Grace ?!?

[bomberflight]

Thanks for spotting the error in my typing today ~ I was in too much of a hurry to get the pix up to share them

[Rob.Brindley]

Really appreciate the updates though, It's great to be able to keep up to date with what's happening. I look forward to arriving at Dux on Friday

[67N20]

Thanks for all the great pictures. Nice of you to keep us informed of what's going on.

[SPANNERmkV]

Trying my best Jimmie Stewart accent:
Well ya see...It's not like I'm... Well another thing...It almost looks like a fella could get a sunburn over there! I'm just saying.

SPANNER

[Steve S]

Good show Peter- Thanks for the updates and keep up the great work. Much appreciated for those of us that are stuck in the states

[OZFURYFAN]

HI all,awesome photos of all those replicas!! Did anyone else notice the name on the rear of the forklift I'm trying to hold myself together,Cheers,Pete

[lmritger]

Boy, Tamiya has really outdone themselves this time... that P-40F kit looks absolutely REAL!!!

Absolutely amazing and fantastic shots as usual Peter, shot with a real eye for detail... those of us with P-40Fs in the stash are immensely appreciative of your work here!

Lynn

[StangStung]

These threads actually make me want to come to work in the morning (to use the faster connection)! Well done.

[Django]

Thanks Peter!

[Mudge]

Trying my best Jimmie Stewart accent:
Well ya see...It's not like I'm... Well another thing...It almost looks like a fella could get a sunburn over there! I'm just saying.

SPANNER

Not according to the WX forecasts for Sat. & Sun. We might get to see some sun one of the days. That said...from all appearances, the a/c line-up looks like it will be worth getting a bit damp for.

Mudge the (undecided)

[JDK]

Great report, thanks! Stay careful with that pole though.

...Did anyone else notice the name on the rear of the forklift...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Climax