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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    Hanging from the roof is a De Havilland Dove 6 G-ALFU. It was designed as a short haul airliner which first flew on 25 September 1945. 544 were built between 1946 and 1967. It was powered by a pair of de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk.3 engines. It had a crew of two and could carry eight passengers.
    A general view looking down the door separating the two parts of the main hangar.
    TG528 is a Handley page Hastings C1A transport aircraft, it was used for troop movement and freight transport. This airframe was built in 1948 and took part in, amongst others, the Berlin Airlift. It has a wing span of 113 feet and is powered by 4 Bristol Hercules 106 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engines.