3 Spitfires and 2 Hurricanes roared into the local airfield late this afternoon. Had a chat to a couple of the pilots - good blokes
Apologies for the quality of pics
The pilot told us the Spit with the flames coming out on start up is a Mk 16 & has clipped wingtips and was designed for ground attack. The one taxi-ing (with a guy sitting on the tail) flew 143 operational missions
Fantastic.
That later model would have had the much more powerful later Griffin engine, wouldn't it ? (2000 + hp).
I think you're right Graham - bit about it here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...-years-on.html awesome sound from only about 10 yards away when he fired it up - 37 litres of British BeefOriginally Posted by grahamw48
Fantastic.
That later model would have had the much more powerful later Griffin engine, wouldn't it ? (2000 + hp).
Marvellous.
Interesting article that...thanks.
They'd flown in from Biggin Hill. Earlier were supposed to do a flypast over Buckingham Palace for Trooping the Colour but that was cancelled due to low cloud base
Nice one..thanks.
I presume you were at White Waltham then
Friend of mine is an instructor down there
Just seen what I believe to be a flying fortress take off from RAF Northolt
YepI presume you were at White Waltham then
Friend of mine is an instructor down there
A lot of them used to go on to fly for the airlines not sure about now
The chap I know was a first officer on Concord, or the paper boy as he calls it. Due to the fact that it used to land in NY 2 hours before it took off so a 10am flight out of Heathrow landed at 8am in JFK with the morning papersYep
A lot of them used to go on to fly for the airlines not sure about now
Fantastic stuff
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