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Dan Newcomb
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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.

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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!!!
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Wow, that's beautiful!

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

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Lovely stuff.

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

...twenty six years ago.

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Hit it lads...

"Tis a Mighty Empire that we build... Far from England's shore!"
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That is a bit of loveliness. Keep up the great work.

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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.

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

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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! :P

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


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

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