A nice surprise at Duxford today

[Tony1963]

Wasn’t on the menu, but two F-15s and two F-35s visited




Any other PHers there?

[Tony1963]

A nice surprise for whoever was carefully removing the paint

[gt40steve]

Tony1963 said:

A nice surprise for whoever was carefully removing the paint

I take it that's the He 162 Salamander from its time with the RAE Evaluation Flight ?

[Tony1963]

gt40steve said:

I take it that's the He 162 Salamander from its time with the RAE Evaluation Flight ?

Correct, except it didn’t have an Air Ministry serial number, so, I was told, that means it didn’t fly except to get to the U.K. after the war.

[and31]

I drive past Duxford very often and today was treated to Sally B flying very low and very close to me as I drove towards the airfield from the A11!!
Proper goosebumps moment!! She was joined by a P47 Thunderbolt-glorious!!

[aeropilot]

Tony1963 said:

gt40steve said:

I take it that's the He 162 Salamander from its time with the RAE Evaluation Flight ?

Correct, except it didn’t have an Air Ministry serial number, so, I was told, that means it didn’t fly except to get to the U.K. after the war.

It probably never flew here from Germany.

The other surviving He162 in the UK, the RAFM's example, also never flew in the UK, and was transported to the UK by surface transport from Germany, so likely this one probably came the same way as well. The RAFM example did get a AM number, VN679, but never flew here in the UK, despite some sources saying it did, but RAFM have said for some years it was confused with the identity of one that was flown by RAE. These are the only two He162 survivors in UK of the eleven that came to the UK from Germany, only 5 of the 11 were flown here in the UK. One of the 11 that came to the UK, was donated to a Canadian museum in the late 1940's.

Edited by aeropilot on Friday 26th July 21:40

[williamp]

It is am amazing place just to visit. A random non airshow day can still have some amazing aircraft flying about. But those today.. Wow!!

[Kinky]

May they have come from Farnborough?

[Tony1963]

Kinky said:

May they have come from Farnborough?

The F-35s and F-15s flew directly from Lakenheath

[aeropilot]

Kinky said:

May they have come from Farnborough?

If you are talking about the USAF F-15E & F-35A's, they are RAF Lakenheath based aircraft.

[gt40steve]

Friday was a 'Flying Day' event. 'The Americans' in this case.

[Tony1963]

Wobbly heat from an F-35 yesterday

[aeropilot]

There was a hopeful rumour prior to Friday that the Boeing TP was going to fly over to Duxford from Farnborough in the F-15QA.

[GliderRider]

aeropilot said:

There was a hopeful rumour prior to Friday that the Boeing TP was going to fly over to Duxford from Farnborough in the F-15QA.

That's a somewhat ironic suffix given Boeing's quality assurance issues of late!

[Tony1963]

GliderRider said:

That's a somewhat ironic suffix given Boeing's quality assurance issues of late!

Brilliant

[aeropilot]

GliderRider said:

aeropilot said:

There was a hopeful rumour prior to Friday that the Boeing TP was going to fly over to Duxford from Farnborough in the F-15QA.

That's a somewhat ironic suffix given Boeing's quality assurance issues of late!

At least they didn't call it the F-15Max

[drdino]

Surprised to see the resident B-17 do a few engine runups and then a full-on flight! My son amd I were absolutely delighted.

B-17 by drdino1985, on Flickr

B-17 by drdino1985, on Flickr

B-17 by drdino1985, on Flickr

B-17 takeoff by drdino1985, on Flickr

^Click for takeoff video.

[aeropilot]

drdino said:

Surprised to see the resident B-17 do a few engine runups and then a full-on flight! My son amd I were absolutely delighted.

She was off to display at the show at Old Buckingham yesterday and today.

[KingGary]

I’ve lived on the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire border for 22 years and often get vintage planes from Duxford and Shuttleworth flying over. Not uncommon at all to see hurricanes or spitfires going over, but my lasting memory will be of the final Vulcan flight going right over my house. Duxford is a fantastic place to visit.

[Horsham558]

I was over in the cheap seats on the other side of the airfield. It was a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.
IMG_8211 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr

IMG_8272 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_8258 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_8290b by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_8400 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_8429 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr
IMG_8607 by Andrew St Edmunds, on Flickr

Edited by Horsham558 on Sunday 28th July 20:08