A magnificent achievement.
Warbird Kid wrote:
Simply awesome! So how many early Mk. 1 / Mk. 2 Spits are flying now? What kind of formation of those early BoB Spits can we expect in England?
There's one more flying Mk.I, AR213 (G-AIST) recently returned to a more accurate Mk.I configuration, though later and different to this pre-Battle example. Then there is the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Mk.II, P7350 which is a genuine Battle of Britain veteran, and has been out of the air only for relatively brief periods, and is in the RAF, not civilian. One should also mention the Vacher Mk.I Hurricane, R4118, G-HUPW another rebuilt Battle veteran.
STEARMAN wrote:
Absolutely stunning aircraft and photos. I can't think of a fighter that evolved through the war quite like the Spitfire. This example brings the cuurent flyers full circle.
There is the 109, of course, and stretching a point the Hawker family is a case of evolution though different names as well as models. If that seems a bit much for some, the later (XX, twenty series) Spitfires were to be renamed, but the romance and propaganda value of continuing the name won out.
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Now is it just me or does the last shot show just the right wing flap full down, while the left is still tucked up?
It looks like, it doesn't it? But a careful look shows the edge of the inner flap section on the stbd side is down. I don't think a Spitfire would handle
at all well on approach with asymmetric flap.
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