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Ex RAF WP905. Painted as 18671:671, Royal Canadian Air Force
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G-AJRS was constructed as a Magister I (RAF version of the Hawk) in 1937. P6382 is the correct and original military serial for this aircraft.
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Percival E.2H Mew Gull G-AEXF (c/n E.22) flown solo by Alex Henshaw from Gravesend to Capetown and return via the Sahara, in a record-breaking, and still unbeaten, elapsed time of 4 days 10 hours 20 minutes-time airborne 39hr 36 min-the longest-standing long distance flying record of all time. Having flown the 1936-built aircraft since May 1937, and winning the King’s Cup Air Race at Hatfield in July 1938 (speed 236.25mph), he sold the aircraft to a French owner in July 1939.
There is an excellent replica of this aircraft in the RAF Museum, Hendon.
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Built in 1944. Powered by a Shvetsov M-11D Five cylinder radial engine with a maximum speed of 93mph. After restoration it returned to the skies in the middle of 2011. It was formerly registered in several countries including New Zealand (ZK-POZ), United States (N588NB)& Serbia (YU-CLJ
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This Hawker Hind was delivered new to the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1938 and continued in use until the 1950s. It was presented to the Shuttleworth Collection and was collected with the help of the Ford Motor Company in 1970. The journey of 6000 miles from Kabul to Old Warden took four weeks and the team had to endure many trials before the Hind was safely in the restoration hangar. The Hind was restored, and flew again on 17 August 1981, resplendent in Afghan Air Force Markings. The Hind was repainted in 1985 to represent K5414 of 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
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This Lysander was built in Canada and was used by the RCAF as a target tug serialled 2355. It was bought after the war by Wes Agnew a farmer, former RCAF instructor and collector of aircraft. In 1971 it was purchased by Sir William Roberts for the Strathallan Collection in Scotland. It arrived in the UK in October 1971 and was registered G-AZWT, and work commenced on restoring it. However, it was not until December 1979 that G-AZWT flew again, painted as V9441 a Lysander operated by No.309 (Polish) Squadron. It was grounded in 1986 and was purchased in 1998 by the Shuttleworth Collection. It has been fully restored, repainted and fitted with dummy long range fuel tank and ladder to represent V9367 / MA-B an aircraft of 161 Squadron, flown by Pilot Officer Peter Vaughan-Fowler on operation Apollo during the winter of 1942.
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solo en Duxford se pueden ver estas escenas....
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Vista a tres cuartos por detras del Lysander con muchas nubes y poco sol. Algo interesante debe venir por la izquierda, a juzgar por la actitud de los spotters.
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Configuración de toma del Lysander.
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El Lysander fue muy utilizado en misiones de apoyo a los espías y resistentes franceses durante la IIGM. Sus arriesgadas misiones las acostunbraba hacer de noche(de ahí su pintura negra) en los que volaba a la Francia ocupada trayendo o recogiendo espías o colaboradores franceses y también recogía pilotos aliados derribados que la resistencia francesa mantenía ocultos de los alemanes. Para ello estaba diseñado para realizar aterrizajes y despegues cortos en terrenos mal preparados. Una escalera adosada al lado del fuselaje permitía la rápida subida o bajada de las personas que recogía.
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Curiosa perspectiva la que ofrece este Lysander evolucionando en el Flying Legends. Parece tener el ala izquierda mucho más larga que la derecha. La realidad es que este avión tiene una envergadura considerable, como se puede apreciar en el ala izquierda. La derecha, por el diedro y por la perspectiva de la foto, parece ser más pequeña. Por descontado las dos son iguales.
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Uno de los 5 Hurricanes que pudimos ver volar en el festival del aniversario de la BoB
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70 aniversario de la Batalla de Inglaterra
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