Rule Britannia!

Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:38 am

So this guy drives up in a pickup and says, “Hey, I just found this thing in some farmers barn and since I don’t know what to do with it I decided to donate it to you guys.”

Just kidding!

After way too many years the Spit should be back in the air this summer.

Dan

Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:42 am

WOW!! A RR powered GMC PU! Is that what the new and improved GM is selling! I thought they were mandating higher milage...and in CA too boot!!!

Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:05 am

Wow, that's beautiful!

Love the polished rocker covers, and the grey block & banks is a refreshing change from red.

greg v.

Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:20 am

Lovely stuff.

Here is a shot of the start up prior to the first post restoration flight...

...twenty six years ago.

PeterA

Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:22 pm

Hit it lads...

"Tis a Mighty Empire that we build... Far from England's shore!"
:partyman:

That is a bit of loveliness. Keep up the great work.

SPANNER

Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:27 pm

That is almost the most gorgeous RR aero-engine I've ever seen! What superb work! Oh, to hear it running.

For the benefit of the uneducated, into which Spit is this marvel to be fitted? Peter's pic has a very high smoke-plane ratio.

Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:33 pm

I'm going to guess Supermarine Mark XIV "Spitfire" N 749DP, do I win a pony?

Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:27 pm

That's the one!

Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:52 pm

gregv wrote:... and the grey block & banks is a refreshing change from red...

greg v.

The added bonus of grey/gray blocks and banks is that folks will never spot the JB Weld!

Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:11 pm

Holedigger wrote:I'm going to guess Supermarine Mark XIV "Spitfire" N 749DP, do I win a pony?

..or as we prefer to call it - NH749.

PeterA

First post restoration flight in the UK.