2. Aircraft

IWM Duxford

Ross and I had a superb day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford 20 odd years after our first visit. The sound of warbirds flying all day just added to the atmosphere. The vehicles in the Land Warfare building are in the Military Vehicles folder. 10/5/2022
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    The Cierva C.30 is an autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva and built under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company by A V Roe & Co Ltd (Avro), Lioré-et-Olivier and Focke-Wulf. Avro obtained the licence in 1934 and subsequently built 78 examples, under their model designation, fitted with an Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major IA (known in the RAF as the Civet 1) 7-cylinder radial engine producing 140 hp. The first production C.30A was delivered in July 1934. Twelve C.30As built by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF) entered service as the Avro 671 Rota Mk 1, delivered between 1934 and 1935. Many of the surviving civil aircraft were also taken into RAF service between 1939 and 1940, in October 1945 the twelve survivors were sold on to civilian owners. G-ACUU, a C.30A had one of the longest active lives. It joined Air Service Training Ltd in 1934, was impressed (as Rota HM580) in 1942, serving with 529 Squadron and returning to civil use by G.S. Baker based at Birmingham's Elmdon airport with its original registration and was not withdrawn from use until 1960.
    Hurricane V7497 is started up so the pilot can go through his checks prior to taxying for take off.
    Taxying in is Spitfire TR9 PV202 which has just landed after an air experience flight for the person in the back. This two seat Spitfire started off as a LF IX single seat built at Castle Bromwich in 1944. It was converted into a training airframe in 1950 for the Irish Air Corps.