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[Scribbler]

As I cant get all my Duxford video on YouTube I've had to chop into short clips.
This is just a short clip of my visit, I can add more if anyones interested.

Mike

[Scribbler]

Here's another clip of a B17 Flying plus my old Hunter.
The girl in the Denim skirt was Dana, my Australian PA.

[StillFingers]

Those are great mike, must have been a fun day, thnx for posting them mate keep'em coming!

[mellowgator]

scribbler,

my husband works in the aerospace industry and i will show him this. i know he'll enjoy these pics.

mellowgator

[Scribbler]

Thanks Mellowgator. Here is the clip of the American Exhibition, which has the huge B52 inside.
It was so large, I couldn't get a good shot of it, only its 7' wheels.

[pikey]

I love Duxford and have been a to a few flying display days. Thanks for the trip down memory lane; let me know if you going this year and I will buy you a pint or two.

p.s. One of my favourite films is the Memphis Belle I have been to the Bassingbourn its base during the war.

[jenny407]

Great, Mike! My SCI friend is a pilot (small planes), and I'm sure he would like this, too. He just came back from the Easter holidays from a plane exhibition in Ludwigshafen (I think?), and he loved it. Those you show are very interesting planes - some history.
Jenny

Edited by jenny407, 29 April 2010 - 08:51 PM.

[dangerousdave]

Thanks Scribs
I love Duxford and especually these two memories
Driving down the Royston road we heard the unmistakable merlin roar, pulled over and stopped as a 109 chased it. Then watched in amazement as they dog fighted over the airdrome
At the end we started to get back in the car - the road was full of parked cars that had pulled up
We wernt the only ones that had been thoroughly entertained
On a display day we were in front of a hanger over looking the runway and the comentator was saying the Mosquito should be in sight soon (so every body was looking up and down the runway)
Then a almighty roar from it's engines as it passed overhead from behind the hanger at very low level and disapeared at a fast rate of knotts in front of us
Didn't hear a thing until it was on top of us, what a owsome weapon it must have been on low level bombing raids
In the early days of my wheelie life I flew a microlight for a couple of years

And is your electric thingy realy that slow

[Scribbler]

pikey, on Apr 29 2010, 08:51 PM, said:

I love Duxford and have been a to a few flying display days. Thanks for the trip down memory lane; let me know if you going this year and I will buy you a pint or two.

p.s. One of my favourite films is the Memphis Belle I have been to the Bassingbourn its base during the war.

Thanks Pikey; that's a date, but can I exchange those Pints for a large Single Malt?...

dangerousdave, on Apr 30 2010, 12:28 PM, said:

Thanks Scribs
I love Duxford and especually these two memories
Driving down the Royston road we heard the unmistakable merlin roar, pulled over and stopped as a 109 chased it. Then watched in amazement as they dog fighted over the airdrome
At the end we started to get back in the car - the road was full of parked cars that had pulled up
We wernt the only ones that had been thoroughly entertained
On a display day we were in front of a hanger over looking the runway and the comentator was saying the Mosquito should be in sight soon (so every body was looking up and down the runway)
Then a almighty roar from it's engines as it passed overhead from behind the hanger at very low level and disapeared at a fast rate of knotts in front of us
Didn't hear a thing until it was on top of us, what a owsome weapon it must have been on low level bombing raids
In the early days of my wheelie life I flew a microlight for a couple of years

And is your electric thingy realy that slow

That sounds like a great memory DD. I've actually been in a Mosquito, which is a tight squeeze. Did you know the nose is made of Balsa Wood?
I've 2 more clips, which make up the whole video. I have started transferring my VHS video's to DVD's via my computer.
And no, my electric 'thingy' goes much faster, but I wanted the film to be as smooth as possible, that's why I drove slowly.

Thanks for all your comments.

[Scribbler]

Sorry these aren't in the correct order.
This should have been at the start.



And this is the end.

[spot]

Looks like a great place to visit. I've been to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, many times. It's a nice place, but this looks better. At least, it's a different place with a different perspective and with much more than just aircraft. And you can go inside some of them. Can anyone visit? Even tourists from the U.S.? It might be worth a trip across the pond. I haven't traveled anywhere since my body quit working right. I need to try it out.

[Scribbler]

spot, on Apr 30 2010, 05:04 PM, said:

Looks like a great place to visit. I've been to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, many times. It's a nice place, but this looks better. At least, it's a different place with a different perspective and with much more than just aircraft. And you can go inside some of them. Can anyone visit? Even tourists from the U.S.? It might be worth a trip across the pond. I haven't traveled anywhere since my body quit working right. I need to try it out.

Yes Spot, anyone can visit and since I made that video there's much more to see. I shall be going before the "Little Darlings" have their school holidays..

[bobm]

I loved the place,

but my strongest recollection is of the extremely cramped accommodation on the Concorde example; it seemed odd that people would pay premium fares to be stuck in that tube, regardless of the speed.....and wheelchair users?

[spot]

Scribbler, on Apr 30 2010, 09:30 AM, said:

spot, on Apr 30 2010, 05:04 PM, said:

Looks like a great place to visit. I've been to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, many times. It's a nice place, but this looks better. At least, it's a different place with a different perspective and with much more than just aircraft. And you can go inside some of them. Can anyone visit? Even tourists from the U.S.? It might be worth a trip across the pond. I haven't traveled anywhere since my body quit working right. I need to try it out.

Yes Spot, anyone can visit and since I made that video there's much more to see. I shall be going before the "Little Darlings" have their school holidays..

And when do the said darlings return to school? I won't have a chance to get there until autumn.

[greybeard]

Enjoyed your clips Scribs, especially the Avro Lanc. My old man almost used to wet himself every time he saw one, bless him. He was a ground crew electrician on them with 156 squadron (Pathfinders) for most of WW2. It was the highlight of his life, I think, which is why he spent so much energy with the RAFA for the rest of his days. I was naturally brought up to worship the sound of the Lanc. Unbeatable.

[davjed]

Great clips Mike, bet that brought back memories. Looks like a great place for WW-II buffs to spend a few days. Looks even better than the WW-II Museum in New Orleans that I toured last November.