Was out on the bike yesterday evening when a Spitfire roared over on approach to our local airfield.

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight have been using it as a bit of a staging post for the single engine planes during the display season. I went along there at 6.15pm today when it took off to do flypasts at Hullavington, Brize & Northolt . The sound of the Merlin engine as it went overhead was awesome. I was intending to go back for it's return at 7.30 but I got waylaid at home. Here's a couple of very poor quality pics from my phone :-





a proper pic from the RAF :-



It is number MK356 built in Castle Bromwich 1944. The plane is currently painted in D Day Invasion Stripes and it flew 60 sorties 14 April - 14 June 1944 before doing a wheels up landing. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircra...tfiremk356.cfm

It is fantastic that this 70 year old war bird is still flying as a living memorial to those airmen who gave their lives