Avro Vulcan XH558 Farewell Tour ( Southern ) - June 28th

I left my friend's house about 09:50 on Sunday morning for the short drive to Duxford. There was a queue already at the entrance, as people were processed through the tills, but within about 15 to 20 minutes, I was through and onto the airfield, where the first Spitfire of the day was already preparing to take off. After it climbed away, I headed back to the Victor, and into the Airspace hangar to see their Vulcan.
 
The first eight pictures are of Duxford's two 'V' Force bombers, Victor XH648 and Vulcan XJ824, along with two other Cold War aircraft, the F-100 Super Sabre and F-4 Phantom.
Since the American Air Museum is being refurbished, most of the exhibits are spread out around the rest of the site. The B-17, B-24, C-47, P-51, SR-71, UH-1 and T-33 were all in the end of the Airspace Hangar.
After a brief Spitfire display, it begand to rain more heavily, so I made my way to the Fighter Collection Hangar. Here I saw their P-40C for the first time, and the two MkI Spitfires, one of which I've seen before, but not since its new coat of paint. 
For the rest of the morning, I was hopping in and out of the hangars avoiding the rain, before going for lunch at noon, hoping it would clear soon as forecast. Thankfully it did, and I was treated to three other Spitfires flying, a Harvard, and I was delighted to see the B-17 and Blenheim being prepared for flight. The last time I saw the Blenheim was three years ago, and it was still in primer with many parts yet to be fitted. Later in the afternoon, the OFMC P-51 Mustang was wheeled out and prepared for flight too.
 The Vulcan was slightly early to Duxford and gave a shorter display than the day before up North. With the sky heavily overcast, the pictures aren't as nice, but still a good record of what will possibly be the last time I see a Vulcan in the air. The last of the Vulcan pictures shows it fading into the distance, and into memory, as the much older B-17 is prepared to fly below it.
Hawker Fury, Bristol Fighter, Royal Aircraft Factory BE2 and Hawker Nimrod
Bristol Blenheim, Consolidated PBY5a Catalina, Boeing B-17 Fortress and Blenheim again.
Battle of Britain themed pictures 
Boeing B-29A Superfortress, half out of its home since 1997. This aircraft looks so much bigger out of the crowded hangar space. 
Boeing B-29A Superfortress, with the tail and wing of the giant Boeing B-52D Stratofortress just visible on the left.

With tired feet, and the flying action over, I left the museum at 5pm, but had a longer trip home than expected after the A1 North was closed, and I had to divert to the M1, a little north of Cambridge. Around four and a half hours later, I got home.

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