Do you like old aircraft?

Afraid so.

 

Where did you take the photos from?

 

Several Red Arrows flew over our office in Gainsborough today as singles. Don't often see them over town, or on their own.

 

Burton end of the airfield. Had an hour to kill.

 

Not in Cyprus for winter training then.

 

They went mid March last year.

 

Maybe it's a bit busy there with all of that bombing going on.

 

No room the runway maybe then.

 

last year they went to Greece: http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/news/index.cfm?storyid=EF7474B5-5056-A318-A888A147E098512A

 

picked this up last week

Hurricane tail wheel - no specific aircraft unfortunately

 

And this

Victory bell made from shot down german aircraft to raise money for RAF charities in 1945

 

And this

Has an Air Ministry stamp and 1942 on the bottom. looks and feels like a map weight

 

Running out of room now -I have a small list of planes I would like parts from to complete the collection. Need beaufighter, Stirling, Typhoon and Liberator then I have to call it quits

 

hi

 

Right, that's me done - firstly I've run out of room and secondly I don't think I can beat this - right in the front of the photo



Its the aerial of a spitfire signed by Douglas Bader and I hadn't yet spent my xmas pressie money on the roof rack that was next on the VW list, sooooooooo..........

It was signed in he 1950s and for 40 odd years belonged to a Lord Higgins until he died and his son donated it to a local aircraft club in Oxfordshire and the it ended up at a antique dealers.