Maurice Mustang's Open Day, Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 17th October 2010

It's Maurice's end-of-the-season open-day, near Hardwick in the depths of Norfolk. Seeing as we were meant to be down south, but weren't, it was an opportunity too good to miss to take the Boy, Isobel and the van over to get a good close-up of a pair of P-51D Mustangs and other miscellaneous aircraft. DH is there too, to offer cups of tea and a bit of "access all areas" in the pleasant autumn sunshine.

next album: Gemma Leaves, The Railway Tavern and Taptu Moves Desks, Mellis and Cambridge - 24th October 2010
previous album: Norwich By Train, Norfolk - 16th October 2010

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Marinell taxis up the runway

Marinell taxis up the runway

P-51D Mustang 'Janie' takes off on a sortie

DH chats to a van driver

Fred and Isobel

Starting the Jeep up

Some reversing occurs

Maurice's Harvard trainer

A cool biplane

Another plane

A view of the biplane cockpit

A US Army observation plane with fat wheels

Isobel and Fred wander about

A monument to the 93rd Bomb Group

A Ford hot-rod

A Boeing Stearman

Inside the aircraft hanger

Janie taxis up the runway for another flight

Marinell follows behind with another passenger

Inspecting the radial engine of a Stearman

A Pratt and Whitney badge

Fred trundles about in the hangar

Marinell parked up

Janie and Marinell

Chris stands up in Janie

Maurice climbs in to Marinell

Marinell fires up

Janie and Marinell, props idling

The two Mustangs taxi up to the runway

Marinell's tail wheel lifts up

The cool registration of G-DAVE

The Auster preps for takeoff

Menwhile, we take Fred to look at the nearby pigs

Pig city

Fred runs around in the hangar

Fred looks at an exhibit

Another good registration: G-MUDY

Isobel and Fred in front of Janie

Marinell in the low sun

Fred runs around pretending to be an aeroplane

Fred's got his arms up

Nosher runs about with Fred

Isobel does aeroplanes

Janie, the Mustang

Marinell and Janie watch the setting sun