Citat:This 1943 Supermarine Spitfire IX has just been through an 11 year, 100 point restoration, it’s now been returned to as-new zero flight hour configuration, and it’s being offered for sale.
The restoration was completed by Vintage Fighter Restorations in the town of Scone in New South Wales, Australia – a leading global authority in the restoration of historically significant warbirds...
This example originally rolled off the Vickers-Armstrong production line in Castle Bromwich in 1943 and commenced Operational Service with 331 (Norwegian) Squadron on 3 January 1944.
This Spitfire was assigned to Capt. Bjorn Bjornstad, it was later transferred to 274 Squadron and flown by Warr Off O.S.G Baker before going to Fighter Leader’s School, FLS Millfield on the 21st August 1944 and then to the Central Fighter Establishment (CFE) Tangmere.
As mentioned above, the 100 point restoration of this Spitfire took 11 years to complete, and the aircraft is now listed for sale with an asking price of £3,500,000, which works out to approximately $4,710,000 USD... [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Citat:Seven Spitfire F Mark XIIs (MB882 'EB-B' nearest) of No. 41 Squadron RAF based at Friston, Sussex, in flight over the South Downs. [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
Jedan izleteo sa piste...zadobio manja ostecenja i pilot je ok
Spitfire runway excursion Citat:One of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfires, Mk.IX MK356 (c/n CBAF.IX1561) experienced a runway excursion while landing at its homebase RAF Coningsby on 11 May 2022.
According to an RAF spokesman, a minor technical fault was to blame for the incident with the Second World War Spitfire. Fortunately the aircraft was brought swiftly to a halt on the grass with apparently only minor damage.
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