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Thread: Spitfire at Ardmore today (Saturday 6th)!

  1. 6th October 2007, 07:50 #1
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    Spitfire at Ardmore today (Saturday 6th)! + extra piccies.

    I've just had a txt from one of the engineers ot at Ardmore airport.

    The Spitfire aircraft will be doing test flights today!!!
    TV1 news will be doing a short article for tonights show.

    If anyone is plane mad, it might be a good excuse to go for a ride out that way.
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    The Spitfire? Tim Wallis'?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magua View Post
    The Spitfire? Tim Wallis'?
    Nope. Mk IV just out of the shop from rebuild for a US owner.
    Edit: Doh! Why did I type 4? Def. a Mk V. *note to self - leave the roman shit alone*The interior of the cockpit is IMMACULATE.
    When she took off......!!!

    The P-51 was out-and-about as well today!
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    Yep, saw the Mustang flying over the Mangatawhiri dam today with zeocen - we were riding the back blocks of Mercer/Hunuas and I took up the gravel way to check out the dam...

    And damn, what a site! Beaut day, water was sparkling like diamonds and then like a holy vision, I espied the P-51 flying overhead ...

    Awestruck I was - great ride with a mate, great view... and then to see that WWII vintage plane fly over just took it over the top!

    I'm still hankering to see a P-38 lightning flying though ... one of my all time fave Warbird!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Nope. Mk IV just out of the shop from rebuild for a US owner.

    The interior of the cockpit is IMMACULATE.
    When she took off......!!!

    The P-51 was out-and-about as well today!
    Won't be a Mk IV - that was a Griffon engine development model. Looks like a Mk Vc to me.
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    Its a Mk V spitfire, apparently going to a rather wealthy texan collector.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gijoe1313 View Post
    I'm still hankering to see a P-38 lightning flying though ... one of my all time fave Warbird!
    Not quite ready for take off.

    P38 ... Pic A6a ..A5a ..A3a ..Solomon Islands,jungle shots are Bougainville Island.
    http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...PNG/?start=all


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    Quote Originally Posted by TLDV8 View Post
    Not quite ready for take off.

    P38 ... Pic A6a ..A5a ..A3a ..Solomon Islands,jungle shots are Bougainville Island.
    http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...PNG/?start=all


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pussy View Post
    That pic is what's left of an F4U Corsair
    That is correct.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post

    The interior of the cockpit is IMMACULATE.
    cool, i dont think i've ever seen a cockpit of a spitfire in colour!
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    It first flew on the 29 Sept

    Was flying overhead Ardmore for about 10-15 mins last week. there was quite a crowd gathered to see it too. Like everyone has said, off overseas - pity 'bout that
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    Very cool photos there TLDV8! And yah, very good to have Ardmore on your back doorstep! Love looking at the Dakota and the Catalina and all the other kewl flying machinery!
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    THATS NOT A P38.

    Quote Originally Posted by TLDV8 View Post
    Not quite ready for take off.

    P38 ... Pic A6a ..A5a ..A3a ..Solomon Islands,jungle shots are Bougainville Island.
    http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...PNG/?start=all


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    Nope it isn't! A nice front shot of a Corsair with it's seagull wings! Corsairs, Buffalos, Tomahawks, Cobras, Mosquitoes, Typhoons, Bf109s, Me109s, Zeroes, Marauders, Beauforts, Mitchells, Lancasters, Stukas, Stormoviks, Polikaparovs, etc etc ... more of my fave WWII planes!
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