Eastman .50Cal A-2 + Battle of Britain 2010 Duxford

[colekwok]

Dear all, I know it is a bit late, since I only managed to register just recently, here are my pics at Duxford earlier on this year.

Edited

OK, just realised this is the photo gallery for jackets.

So, here is the Eastman A-2 repro that I've got on the same day

The Eastman packaging

The jacket itself

The tag

The pockets

Repro Crown zipper + decal

The old Aero colour style knits

The collar hook + the Thunderer

Wide angle view of the runway

Sally B

The lineup

The Red Arrows

The Mustang

 

[colekwok]

Re: Battle of Brrtain 2010 Duxford

Part 2

WW2 RAF

He is always around, I see him every year over there, anyone knows him?

F-8F Bearcat

Another Mustang?

 

[colekwok]

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Part 3

The glorious Sally B

Lancaster flyby

Hurricane

The Luffwaffe canopy

Such a "peaceful" scene with Spitfires as background (amendment!!! should be Hurricanes as background)

 

[colekwok]

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Part 4

Spitfire angles for attack (amendment alert:!!! Should be Hurricane!!!)

A change of speed to the Eurofighter

Spitfires landing

The French elites

Ends with some French kisses

 

[Steve27752]

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A prat :lol: :roll:

 

[colekwok]

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A prat :lol: :roll:

I hope you are not talking about me!? :shock:

 

[alcon]

Re: Eastman .50Cal A-2 + Battle of Brrtain 2010 Duxford

Great pics (and jacket) thanks so much!

 

[Mac]

Re: Eastman .50Cal A-2 + Battle of Brrtain 2010 Duxford

Nice jacket, colekwok. Classic seal and Beacon rust combo. Look forward to pics as you break it in. Thanks for posting Duxford pics.

Mac

 

[rich]

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A prat :lol: :roll:

I hope you are not talking about me!? :shock:

Don't worry, I'm sure Steve is talking about Mr. Afrika Corps there.............

Thanks for posting the pics!

 

[colekwok]

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A prat :lol: :roll:

I hope you are not talking about me!? :shock:

Don't worry, I'm sure Steve is talking about Mr. Afrika Corps there.............

Thanks for posting the pics!

Thank God! That's what I am thinking as well! Hope you all like the pics!

 

[Roughwear]

Welcome to the forum Colekwok. Thanks for your photos. I was at the BoB Airshow and was so impressed with the 16 Spits flying together.

The "Luftwaffe" officer is at almost every Duxford and Biggin Hill A/S, parading up and down the flight-line. He must be very thick skinned judging by the comments people make!

 

[Marv]

I saw him at the Duxford end of season (Sally B) show in his Luftwaffe blues, parading about....my dad seemed a bit taken aback with him as to why he would do this.
I mentioned that it takes all sorts and if he only knew about us chaps with our A2 obessions, he would probably feel the same

 

[dujardin]

thanks for the nice pics of the show.

your jacket is nice, enjoy the wear. show us your jacket in few weeks.

and by the way.... welcome on the forum

marcel

 

[Peter Graham]

Welcome to the forum. Some great pics there. Well done.

 

[philip.ed]

Great pictures and lovely A2 Are you a photographer? Because some of those pictures look quite professsional.

I think some of those photos show hurricanes, though, and not spitfires :lol: I love the one of the 4-blade spit though. It reminds me of the front-cover of a book I used to have on the making of the piece-of-cake series. I know it isn't a BoB spit, but it looks so smart (and peaceful) from the front. Peaceful is quite an ironic term as well, considering the noise that Merlin makes!

 

[Peter Graham]

I think some of those photos show hurricanes, though, and not spitfires :lol:

There's only one photo of a Hurricane, captioned as such.

 

[philip.ed]

The Spitfire Angles for Attack; is that a spit or a Hurricane? I'm looking at it, and the shape of the wings (quite rounded) looks to me like a Hurricane from this angle.
Also, the one with the 4-planes in the background. They look like Hurris to me. Maybe my A/C recognition skills are too dusty?

 

[Roughwear]

Here's the link to the thread I started on the event, with plenty of pics of Spits and Hurricanes, plus other iconic aircraft!

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=8134

 

[colekwok]

The Spitfire Angles for Attack; is that a spit or a Hurricane? I'm looking at it, and the shape of the wings (quite rounded) looks to me like a Hurricane from this angle.
Also, the one with the 4-planes in the background. They look like Hurris to me. Maybe my A/C recognition skills are too dusty?

Let me double check them...... since my screen is so small (my tiny notebook...... unfortunately), I didn't know what I've put on them, just hang on guys.


Update : You fellows DO have good eye sights!!! I must apologise for the incorrect labelling. And I am really sorry for the terrific Hurricanes, credits to them for the Battle of Britain, pity that the Spitfires stole the show (then and current days).