Civilian Aviation

I spent a very hot day at Duxford on Friday - Flying Legends arrivals and practice day. From posts elsewhere it seems I missed a few late on but still a few nice ones and some nice flying too. The heat haze and dust got very bad in the afternoon and I dumped far more photos than I kept, - long range efforts just weren't anywhere near sharp and even some on the ground were blurred by the heat off the tarmac. I bet it was unbearable on the show days with dense crowds reducing the air movement. Here's a few and there are some more in my flickr album
flight line Duxford 13-07-2018 2306 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TD248, G-CXVI Spitfire Duxford 13-07-2018 2368 b by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

FE695 (G-BTXI) Harvard Duxford 13-07-2018 2432 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

these Beech 18s and the DC.3 did a nice routine
DC.3 and Beech18s Duxford 13-07-2018 2655 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N184KP Beech18 Duxford 13-07-2018 2678 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N223CM Beech18 Duxford 13-07-2018 2690 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the tank bank was popular (it was closed off on the show days)
tank bank Duxford 13-07-2018 2513 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

P3717 (G-HITT) Hurricane Duxford 13-07-2018 2588 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N29139 Beech18 Duxford 13-07-2018 2613 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-AMPI Stampe S4c Duxford 13-07-2018 2618 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

DC.3 and Beech18s Duxford 13-07-2018 2978 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N431HM DC.3 Duxford 13-07-2018 2999 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

14863 (G-BGOR) Harvard Duxford 13-07-2018 3052 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

it's a grass runway, not straw - honest! everything was very parched and made the ground shots look a bit strange

414251 (N5551D) P.51 'Contrary Mary' Duxford 13-07-2018 3064 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

flight line Duxford 13-07-2018 3177 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

tails Duxford 13-07-2018 3194 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

thanks for looking C&C welcome
Andy

Love the shot of G-HITT..but hen again Im bias ...one of my most favorite aircraft

Plenty of great shots there Andy. Plenty of elbow grease for those shiny twins and that flight line shot is a testament to classic vintage preservation.