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Not the oldest airworthy Spitfire, but AR213/G-AIST is now back in the air after a lengthy restoration, now reverted to correct canopy glazing and a three blade hub.

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Great news, always a fantastic day when another example of the finest fighter ever is made airworthy again.

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What a beautiful machine.

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Good job lads! What sqn. markings will it have, or has that been decided yet?

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Good job lads! What sqn. markings will it have, or has that been decided yet?

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Thanks for posting that Greg.

That's quite the unique paint scheme. What's the relevance of the striped nose?

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Actually, I'm not sure if it is to be restored with the cowling stripes or not; I thought I'd read somewhere that it was to wear the stripes temporarily after restoration, but who knows. The stripes are, from what I understand, some sort of recognition aid added during the aircraft's use as a "bouce" aircraft, I guess for training bomber crew or something similar. I bet all the answers are floating around on the FlyPast forum. I'm just happy that there is a MkI Spitfire flying with all the proper acoutrements...

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Actually, I'm not sure if it is to be restored with the cowling stripes or not; I thought I'd read somewhere that it was to wear the stripes temporarily after restoration, but who knows.
It will not be finished with the cowling stripes, not will they be applied later. The owners instructions are to finish the aircraft to appear as she was shortly after arrival at 57 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at Hawarden (north of England), July 1941. The scheme changed a few weeks after this with the replacement of the Dark Earth uppper surface camouflage with Ocean Grey. It is the later scheme with which the nose stripes were associated.

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Well, regardless of how they paint her up, I can't wait to see it. Thanks for filling us in.

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Actually, I'm not sure if it is to be restored with the cowling stripes or not; I thought I'd read somewhere that it was to wear the stripes temporarily after restoration, but who knows.
It will not be finished with the cowling stripes, not will they be applied later. The owners instructions are to finish the aircraft to appear as she was shortly after arrival at 57 OTU (Operational Training Unit) at Hawarden (north of England), July 1941. The scheme changed a few weeks after this with the replacement of the Dark Earth uppper surface camouflage with Ocean Grey. It is the later scheme with which the nose stripes were associated.


thanks for the clarification Mark V

so was she delivered in dark earth or ocean grey, and which will she ultimately wear? Seeing the areas already painted gives me a clue, though :)

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