[Leica] Aircraft shots - Duxford

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Souvenirs of a recent trip to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford:

Two from The American Air Museum

The only SR-71 Blackbird outside US - and its engines outside their nacelles

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Blackbird.jpg.html>

Flying Fortress and a PAW this week:

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Fortress.jpg.html>


Main Airspace exhibit:

Interior 1: Avro Vulcan, TSR2 (the white thing in the foreground), Westland
Chopper, Vickers Oxford(?), English Electric Canberra, Hawker Hunter, BAe 
Gnat

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Interior 2: Sunderland flying boat, Lysander with supply pod used in Burma, 
SE5A
and Spad?, Tail of EE Lightning at left.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Interior+Sunderland_Lysander.jpg.html>

Two from the restoration hanger

A Canadian-built Merlin

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/Merlin-Canadian.jpg.html>

Spitfire late model, possibly a Mk XVI?, with Merlin in situ (not the same 
Merlin)

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/SpitfireMerlin+in+Situ.jpg.html>


Twin-seater Spitfire trainer - one of only three still flying in invasion 
livery

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/TwoseaterSpit-1.jpg.html>

Vickers Ltd line-up. Varsity, Trident-2 and VC-10:

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/album83/Aircraft/VarsityTrident3VC10.jpg.html>


All pictures: Leica M3 5cm Summicron, Kodak BW400CN

thanks for looking

Peter Dzwig