Simviation Forum - Peek behind the scenes 4

Sep 25^th, 2005 at 7:28pm

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These are the last for now. Not behind the scenes but taken during the display.

The Avro Triplane & Bristol Boxkite replicas before the weather clamped in. More of these later.

Meanwhile, a rare sight anywhere but Old Warden & the wonderful sound of 1 Rolls-Royce Kestrel + 2 Merlins. Grin

The Spitfire closed the show. After a short interval something's stirring at the other end of the field. Chocks away chaps. Up, up & away into the gloom.

Showing the flag. Jolly good show chaps. Hip, Hip, Hooray. Cheesy

It's really getting murky now. Wonderful stuff. Wink

I headed for the car as the Blackburn Monoplane was taking off. It was 7.00 pm & rapidly getting dark. As I was leaving I couldn't help thinking that all those aeroplanes had to be put back where they came from & this time in complete darkness. I doubt those volunteers left the airfield much before midnight.

I took a lot more static shots throughout the day. I might post these later, maybe in the Specific Aircraft Types forum.

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Reply #1 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 8:09pm

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Now what can be said, that already hasn't ?.......damn fine idea to keep the wood, wire and canvas stuff going for the younger generations to see where the 747's and Concordes came from...........

Magnificent Doug, simply magnificent ! Wink

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Reply #2 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 8:57pm

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Thanks Doug...Fantastic Wink

The volunteers deserve a very big round of applause as well Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 11:54pm

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Dang... what a show they put on there!
Y'know, if I do make it to the UK next year, it'll be mostly because of your generous picture-posting, Doug- I've seen articles, etc. about OW and other such places, but these pictures really bring that scene to life for me.
Thanx again.

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Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 3:43am

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Spitfire

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 5:28am

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Thank you and to think I almost didn't post these. I didn't think they were good enough. Roll Eyes

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Magnificent Doug, simply magnificent !

What can I say Ken? So glad you like them. Wink

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The volunteers deserve a very big round of applause as well

Indeed Doug. If I lived closer I would be one of them, even if it was just cleaning the aeroplanes. I could probably remember how to swing a prop if necessary although I haven't done that for over 40 years. Not practical I'm afraid as a round trip would take something like 5 hours & cost me £40 for petrol. That's a big slice of my meagre pension.

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Y'know, if I do make it to the UK next year, it'll be mostly because of your generous picture-posting, Doug- I've seen articles, etc. about OW and other such places, but these pictures really bring that scene to life for me.

That's what I set out to do & probably the nicest compliment I've ever had. Thank you. 8) Wink

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You are incorrigible Mark. What are we to do with you? Roll Eyes

Sorry I still haven't got that perfect Spit shot I'm after. I'll get it some time, you see if I don't. Either that or die in the attempt.

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Reply #6 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 6:42am

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You are incorrigible Mark. What are we to do with you?

Easy! Get parts for Binky for me Grin

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Reply #7 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 1:05pm

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Brilliant again Doug, theres NO stopping you! Shocked

I bet the Sound of those Rolls-Royce Kestrel's was Fantastic...can almost imagine it now.

And again, thanks for sharing, and please post more, as these are some Fantastic Photos you have here.

Cheers,

James 8)

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Reply #8 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 7:38am

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All superb shots again pal. I must get to Old Warden some day.

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Reply #9 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 10:04am

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All superb shots again pal. I must get to Old Warden some day.

Thanks Roger although I'm the first to admit that the ones in this thread are not the greatest photos I've ever taken. Wink

You really should try OW some time. It's only about 30 minutes away from Duxford by road. I know that as I've done it myself. To be honest I much prefer the relaxed atmosphere of Old Warden, with the added benefit of an ideal location for photography. It's not a fair comparison as they complement each other & we're lucky to have them both.

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Reply #10 - Sep 28^th, 2005 at 12:07am

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Fantastic work!
Its lovely to see the evolution of the Hind to the Hurri to the Spit....so shapely!
Once again, your photographs are truly inspirational...

Keep up the good work!

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Reply #11 - Sep 28^th, 2005 at 11:34am

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Its lovely to see the evolution of the Hind to the Hurri to the Spit....so shapely!

[Cough]Its a bit harsh on the Hurri to say of "evolution" between it and the Spit. They were just two different (both exceedingly talented) designers solutions to the same specification. There was less than a year (in fact I think it was 6 months to the day) between their respective first flights... [/quote]

With the Hind to the Hurri though you're entirely correct. Shame they never did anything useful with the Hawker Henley...

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