title	A Day With Janie the P-51D Mustang, Hardwick Airfield, Norfolk - 17th July 2005
intro	The day after a 40s dance at Hardwick Airfield, which Nosher missed due to band commitments, there's a chance to make up for it by turning up for a "secret" open day. It's a gorgeous day, and several aircraft are parked up ready to go: a North American P-51D Mustang, an AT6 Harvard, a Boeing Stearman and a Cessna. All are owned by Maurice Hammond, and are due up for rides and, for the Mustang and the Harvard, an airshow near Bury St Edmunds. Before they can even take off, however, a car which has been erroneously parked right in the middle of the grass-strip runway has to be towed away. Unlike regular airshows, where there are ropes and security, this is an informal affair and it's great to be able to get right up to the planes. Sitting in the prop-wash of the Mustang "Janie" as she fires up her 27-litre Merlin is an experience in itself. Later on, after Maurice returns for an hour-or-so whilst in-between gigs, Nosher and DH use the starboard wing as a sunshade.
imgp7729	Maurice's Boeing Stearman
imgp7730	DH inspects the Stearman in the morning
imgp7731	The Harvard is covered up
imgp7732	The Cessna in the hangar
imgp7737	The Auster
imgp7738	Janie the Mustang
imgp7748	An inconsiderate car, right on the runway
imgp7753	The Cessna is pushed out of the hangar
imgp7756	A miscreant 406 is hauled out of the way
imgp7758	The Harvard is fueled up
imgp7761	Maurice Hammond peers over the wing
imgp7765	Maurice fuels Janie up
imgp7779	It's DH's turn to peer over the wing
imgp7780	Maurice finishes up
imgp7783	Maurice puts the pump back
imgp7799	Janie's nose
imgp7805	Inside the cockpit
imgp7807	Visitors arrive at the hangar
imgp7809	A rear view of Janie - tail number 414419
imgp7813	Maurice gets a paying passenger in
imgp7817	Maurice looks up
imgp7823	The 9-cylinnder radial fires up on the Stearman
imgp7825	Maurice in Janie
imgp7844	The propwash and noise are incredible
imgp7851	The Harvard is ready and taxis around
imgp7873	The Harvard is in the air
imgp7878	Janie takes off, with a roar from the Merlin engine
imgp7906	The Stearman pilot gets a handshake
imgp7925	Splattered bugs are cleaned off the Stearman's propeller
imgp7928	A pile of oil drums
imgp7929	DH in the hangar kitchen
imgp7932	DH checks his picnic backpack out
imgp7935	One of the veterans returns for a visit
imgp7946	Janie returns after nearly three hours
imgp7947	414419 Janie lands
imgp7968	DH takes a touristy photo by the Mustang
imgp7982	The Harvard gets a windscreen clean
imgp7987	DH sneaks a few photos of the cockpit
imgp8001	The veteran describes flying the Mustang in the war
imgp8013	The Harvard takes off to do Thurston airshow
imgp8014	The Harvard is off
imgp8025	Janie's off again to do an airshow display