Duxford with Dan and Krisie
Imperial War Museum at Duxford with Dan and Krisie. The night before I played them the bit in the Battle of Britain film where the airfield is bombed and a hanger takes a direct hit. This was before CGI, and the filmmakers actually blew up the hanger. It was a glorious day and as we drove close we could see planes in the sky. Although it wasn't a flying display day there were many historic aircraft flying. We sat in the sun having our lunch with an uninterrupted view of planes taking off and landing. One was practising loop-the-loops, and flying up vertically then falling down before roaring off as it got close to the ground. We watched this Hurricane land. This Spitfire flew in the Battle of Britain film, and in January 2022 the Daily Telegraph wrote this about it A vintage Spitfire that fought in the Second World War and starred in the classic film The Battle of Britain is on sale for a record £4.5 million. The plane has an extraordinarily high number of original componen...