Thread: Battle Of Britain..........

Originally Posted by AndyG

Aviation train spotters , got your Anoraks

I think Spitfire and Concord are two of the most beautiful things made by man. Pat

I know the Spit is the sexy one , but lets not forget the part played by Bomber Command in the attacks against German forward airfields, invasion ports, barges etc. Also bombing Berlin and then the Luftwaffe retaliating against London took some of the heat of Fighter Command. Good to see a Blenheim in the recent events.
cheers,
D

See that News report about Prince Harry's missed flight ? -He was supposed to go up in one of the 2-seaters, but the aeroplane .... Failed to Fly. due to unexpected mechanical problems...

Didn't know that Land Rover built Spitfires !

Originally Posted by PAT303

I think Spitfire and Concord are two of the most beautiful things made by man. Pat

Cannot disagree, and the E Type.
Got up close to the Concorde in Toulouse, even got inside the Flight Simulator Met a Concorde test pilot once, really don't like the French

For anyone in Perth,the air museum near South Street uni has a Mk 22 you can get close and personal with.Funny thing is you stand in front of it and all you see is the huge prop,no wonder the things out-climbed everything else,and the most striking is how small it is,you sit in a normal plane but you wear a spitfire. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

For anyone in Perth,the air museum near South Street uni has a Mk 22 you can get close and personal with.Funny thing is you stand in front of it and all you see is the huge prop,no wonder the things out-climbed everything else,and the most striking is how small it is,you sit in a normal plane but you wear a spitfire. Pat

Does this one fly?
Pickles.

Originally Posted by PAT303

I think Spitfire and Concord are two of the most beautiful things made by man. Pat

This gets my vote

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Does this one fly?
Pickles.

Sadly, Nope.

Whether it 'could' or not is another matter, doubt very much if CASA would even permit an engine run-up... Assuming the engine still worked, of course.