The fourth and ultimately final drive in arishow of the 2020 Shuttleworth collection season took place on 27th September. This final event was set to be a celebration of 100 years of de Havilland. A manufacturer closely associated with Old Warden. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/50575286771/in/dateposted/ An impressive proposed line up had been gathered of all manner of de … Continue reading Shuttleworth Collection de Havilland 100 Drive-In Airshow
2018 (or early 2019) looks set to see the third airworthy Mosquito to emerge from the incredible talented team at AvSpecs in New Zealand. It's hard to even conceive that six or seven years ago we had been without that iconic shape and sound in the sky for over a decade. With KA114 now being … Continue reading Mosquito Revival
This time 73 years ago saw an historic feat take place on Royal Navy carrier HMS Ocean. Ocean, which was originally completed in November 1945, clearly missed out on any wartime service. However, it did have the honour of being the last carrier to operate the Fairey Swordfish before retirement. It also saw the early … Continue reading First Jet Carrier Landing Anniversary – December 1945
For many years now, the Imperial War Museum's Mosquito, TA719 has hung from the ceiling in the airspace hangar at Duxford, the aircraft is painted in distinvtive target towing colours. This offers a very different representation of the Mosquito both in scheme and display. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/39180020641/in/dateposted-public/ A number of the Mosquitos currently on display are TT.35 … Continue reading UK Mosquitos Part 5 – TT.35 TA719
The Royal Air Force Museum has a Mosquito on display at both its London and Cosford sites. The airframe featured today is the Cosford example; TT.35 TA639. This aircraft was built at Hatfield in 1945 and was immediately sent into storage at Shawbury. This is where the aircraft remained until 1952 when it was transferred … Continue reading UK Mosquitos Part 4 – TT.35 TA639
This week (18th September) marks the third anniversary of the first post going live on Warbird Tails. Almost 260 posts on I still thoroughly enjoy updating this site regularly with Warbird news, history and stories. To mark the occasion I wanted to take a look back at three of the posts I'm most proud of … Continue reading Warbird Tails Turns Three
This third example of de Havilland's Wooden Wonder is the first example featured of the most numerous surviving variant, the TT35. This model was a target tug adaption of the B35 - a late production example of the aeroplane which featured an expanded bomb bay. This larger bomb load led to the distinctive bulge underneath the … Continue reading UK Mosquitos Part 3 – TA634
I never managed to attend the excellent DH Moth Club rallies at Woburn over the years and always had a sense of regret about that fact once it was announced that the event would no longer be continued. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127965535@N04/30071947141/in/dateposted-public/ I also had a similar feeling of regret when I saw pictures of the Chipmunk 70th … Continue reading Gathering of Moths – Old Warden 31st July 2016
This year saw the first full season in a number of years from a Mig 15 in the UK skies. This example came from the Norwegian Air Force Historic Squadron and displayed at a number of events, notably at Eastbourne and Dunsfold. It was great to see this piece of Russian hardware on display in … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #15 – Norway’s Classic Jets
With such a diverse and impressive collection of displays taking place this year, including a number of memorable debuts there are only select acts which warrant more than one post in this series. A certain Delta Bomber is one, as there have been countless unique moments in its final season and the de Havilland Comet … Continue reading Airshow Moments 2015 #12 – de Havilland Delight
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