Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Kirkby

A shot from my Mosquito Experience day visit at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre last year. De Havilland Mosquito HJ711, preserved as a night fighter variant, has just been fired up for its second taxi around the site. The Wooden Wonder and its twin RR Merlins looked & sounded great.

A German post-war classic the Porsche 718 Boxster poses in front of an English WWII icon, Avro Lancaster NX611 at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.

The star of the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre's flying programme for me was the display by Duxford's rebuilt Bristol Blenheim F1 L6739. The aircraft was first restored in 1987 as a Mark IV aircraft but unfortunately, the Blenheim crash-landed in August 2003 at Duxford. While the aircraft suffered considerable damage, she wasn’t broken beyond repair and as a Mark 1 nose had been acquired already it was decided to rebuild it as the early version. It made it's maiden flight in this guise in November 2014.

An all apple green locomotive combination on Kirkby curve as LNER A3 4-6-2 4472 Flying Scotsman & B1 4-6-0 1306 double-head a Steam Special train from Carnforth to Ravenglass and Sellafield. I had journeyed up to Carnforth on the special train on the West Coast Main Line from London Euston that morning. The train was taken over by LNWR Hardwicke & Flying Scotsman and Hardwicke stayed on until Ulverston where 1306 took over.