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A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

It's the first open day of the year over at Hardwick Airfield - home of Maurice Hammond's P-51D Mustangs Janie and Marinell. Low cloud and a waterlogged grass-strip runway preclude any Mustang flights, but there is a trip out for the Harvard and a visit from a Russian Yak-52. Fred's there with his ear muffs, the Van gets its first "famberly" trip out of the year and Grandad comes along too.

next album: The BSCC at Needham, and a Birthday By The Sea, Cley, Norfolk - 26th May 2012
previous album: The BSCC Cycling Weekend, The Swan Inn, Thaxted, Essex - 12th May 2012

Fred sticks a load of 'googly eyes' to his face, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Fred sticks a load of 'googly eyes' to his face

Fred and Isobel in Beard's, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Fred and Isobel in Beard's

Eating toast in Beard's Café, Eye, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Eating toast in Beard's Café, Eye

Church Street in Eye, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Church Street in Eye

Fred looks out of Beard's window, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Fred looks out of Beard's window

A couple of small dogs peer out of a van window, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

A couple of small dogs peer out of a van window

Fred outside the butchers in Eye, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Fred outside the butchers in Eye

Janie the Mustang, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Janie the Mustang

Hangar humour at Hardwick, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Hangar humour at Hardwick

Fred checks his ear-defenders out, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Fred checks his ear-defenders out

The guns and ammo belts of Marinell, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The guns and ammo belts of Marinell

Marinell and Janie in the hangar, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Marinell and Janie in the hangar

Grandad scopes out an Auster, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Grandad scopes out an Auster

Harry is oblivious to it all, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Harry is oblivious to it all

There's a Yak on the runway, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

There's a Yak on the runway

The Yak-52 makes a landing, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Yak-52 makes a landing

The Yak taxis back, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Yak taxis back

Smilin' Jack, the Willy's Jeep, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Smilin' Jack, the Willy's Jeep

93rd Bomb Group memorabilia in a shed window, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

93rd Bomb Group memorabilia in a shed window

Some dude peers in to a 1940s car, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Some dude peers in to a 1940s car

Fred looks at the Jeeps, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Fred looks at the Jeeps

A bunch of Jeeps, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

A bunch of Jeeps

The dashboard of a Willys Jeep, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The dashboard of a Willys Jeep

Marinell and Janie, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Marinell and Janie

Serious engineering in Janie's wheel well, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Serious engineering in Janie's wheel well

Grandad roams around reading Clive's booklet, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Grandad roams around reading Clive's booklet

The Yak taxis off again, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Yak taxis off again

The Harvard heads off for a flight, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Harvard heads off for a flight

Maurice taxis the Harvard, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Maurice taxis the Harvard

Chris and Dave hang out, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

Chris and Dave hang out

The Yak takes off, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Yak takes off

The Harvard is off the grass, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Harvard is off the grass

The Harvard's up in the air, A Few Hours at Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 20th May 2012

The Harvard's up in the air

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Fred sticks a load of 'googly eyes' to his face

Fred sticks a load of 'googly eyes' to his face

Fred and Isobel in Beard's

Eating toast in Beard's Café, Eye

Church Street in Eye

Fred looks out of Beard's window

A couple of small dogs peer out of a van window

Fred outside the butchers in Eye

Janie the Mustang

Hangar humour at Hardwick

Fred checks his ear-defenders out

The guns and ammo belts of Marinell

Marinell and Janie in the hangar

Grandad scopes out an Auster

Harry is oblivious to it all

There's a Yak on the runway

The Yak-52 makes a landing

The Yak taxis back

Smilin' Jack, the Willy's Jeep

93rd Bomb Group memorabilia in a shed window

Some dude peers in to a 1940s car

Fred looks at the Jeeps

A bunch of Jeeps

The dashboard of a Willys Jeep

Marinell and Janie

Serious engineering in Janie's wheel well

Grandad roams around reading Clive's booklet

The Yak taxis off again

The Harvard heads off for a flight

Maurice taxis the Harvard

Chris and Dave hang out

The Yak takes off

The Harvard is off the grass

The Harvard's up in the air