Sunday, July 5, 2009

Spot The Difference



Thanks to Brian Marshall for these two studies of the Sea Fury just in front of Daniel Koblets Morane in Hangar 2.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Legends 2009 Weekly Competition No.12

Final question before Legends. In theory, could our Spitfire MkV fly straight and level between the spans of the Chirk and Pontcyslyte Aqueduct?

The prize for this competition will be selected from The Friends of TFC merchandise.

Entry by email only to friends@fighter-collection.com To enter competition No.12, please put the word 'span' in the subject header of your e mail. Entries close at 23.00hrs Friday 10th of July 2009.

Usual Friend's competition rules apply.

Competition No.11....and the winner is..........

The answer we expected was 650hp and 9 cylinders.

The lucky winner's name drawn from the 'bone dome' was Milena Solcova. Well done, some TFC badges will be sent to you soon.

The next and final pre Legends competition will follow shortly.

Friday, July 3, 2009

In the hangar today


A quiet day in the hangar, maybe due to Wimbledon? Anyway apart from the usual activity hidden away in the hangar corners we had a visit from Ewan McGregor who likes our Spitfires (and our Bearcat and our....) Here he is with Fred showing him how the guns work on the baby Spit MkVb:

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Radio 2 presents..........

TFC on the Chris Evans Show - Our very own Jane with a great surprise for someone:

Just click HERE

Monday, June 29, 2009

First Legends Arrival

Daniel Koblet has just arrived in his Morane

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Legends 2009 Weekly Competition No.11

Quick maths question, how many horsepower and cylinders difference between the Hellcat and Wildcat.

The prize for this competition will be selected from the Friends of the Fighter Collection merchandise as shown HERE .

Entry by e-mail only to Friends@fighter-collection.com. To enter Competition Number 11, please put the words 'Difference' in the subject header of your e-mail.Entries close at 23.00hrs Friday 3rd July 2009.

Usual Friends competition rules apply – in the case of duplicate winning submissions the winner will be selected by being plucked, as is our tradition, from Stephen's bone dome.