The Historic Aircraft Collection has an exciting array of special ‘At Home’ days scheduled for the coming winter. Read more
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P-47 Thunderbolt returns to UK airshow scene
Introducing P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Nellie’ (G-THUN), the new star of the British airshow scene. Read more
WWI Aviation Heritage Trust launches funding appeal
The World War One Aviation Heritage Trust (WWI AHT) has launched an urgent appeal to fund the return of Trustee Oliver Wulff’s airworthy Albatros DVa and SE5a fighters from New Zealand. Read more
Historic Chipmunk to join Finest Hour Fleet
Spring 2018 should see the return to flight of historic de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk WB549 (G-BAPB) – the first Chipmunk built in the UK. Read more
New chapter for the WWI Aviation Heritage Trust
A flurry of aeroplane movements signifies the beginning of a new chapter for the WWI Aviation Heritage Trust Ltd (WWI AHT) at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome. Read more
Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 (G-RNHF) returns to flight
Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 (G-RNHF) returns to flight at North Weald Airfield, Essex, following the conclusion of a three-year restoration by Weald Aviation Services Ltd. Read more
Steve Hinton, Jr breaks Absolute Propeller-Driven Piston Powered 3-Km speed record
Steve “Steve-o” Hinton, Jr breaks the Absolute Propeller-Driven Piston Powered 3-Km speed record in P-51D Mustang ‘Voodoo‘. Read more
P-51B ‘Berlin Express’ begins transatlantic crossing
P-51B Mustang Berlin Express sets off on its epic transatlantic crossing. Read more
Horsemen Flight Team to headline Flying Legends 2017
One of the headline acts at the 25th Flying Legends airshow will be the return of the US-based Bremont Horsemen Flight Team, displaying this year with three P-51D Mustangs. Amongst them is the débuting P-51D Frenesi, which is being brought to Duxford specially for the event. Read more
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We delve into the Golden Age of aviation with a shining example of the rare Spartan 7W Executive now residing in France, one of just four of the type based outside the USA. Imported by Air France pilot Sébastien Mazzuchetti in 2017, the golden age classic proved to be everything this young aviator was looking for.
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Supermarine Spitfire FR XIVe MV293 made its airshow debut wearing its original Indian Air Force paint scheme at IWM Duxford's VE Day Flying Day.![]()
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Completed in July 1944, MV293 saw limited service in the UK before being shipped to India, with brief stints at both No 33 Maintenance Unit (MU) at Lyneham and No 215 MU at Dumfries in 1945. Arriving in Karachi, the Spitfire passed to Air Command South East Asia and then to No 8 Squadron of the Royal Indian Air Force by December 1947. With the squadron's slow conversion to the Tempest II, the Spitfires were accordingly declared surplus to requirements, MV293 likely moving the short distance from Kolar in the southern state of Karnataka to the Indian Air Force’s Technical College in Jallahali, Bangalore.![]()
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It was later sold to Doug Arnold, arriving in England on 26 May 1978, and underwent restoration by Dick Melton and Pete Rushen before The Fighter Collection acquired the aircraft in late 1985. MV293 flew again on 14 August 1992 in a late-1940s overall silver scheme representing No 2 Squadron’s West Germany-based Spitfire FR XIVs. In 2000 it was painted into grey-green camouflage and JE-J codes as an homage to Group Captain J. E. ‘Johnnie’ Johnson’s F XIV MV268 to honour the RAF ace’s visit to the show, the scheme in which MV296 flew for many years.![]()
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Sold to Graham Peacock in 2016, the Spitfire now flies under the Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd banner operated by Air Leasing and was repainted during an overhaul in 2023.![]()
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MV293 is due to display at the @Sywell 2024 airshow. Reduced price tickets are available until May 31st and kids under 12 go free. Visit www.sywell2024.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets.![]()
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An aviation publication like no other on the market. Each immersive feature article is illustrated by carefully curated and laid out imagery, with pages elegantly designed to give words and photographs equal breathing space. We couple the masterworks of internationally renowned photographers such as John Dibbs with artistic, reportage style photography from a cadre of emerging photographers.![]()
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