Brothers in Spitfires

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1655

Chris checked out in the Spitfire last week, and flew in the Battle of Britain flypast at Gatineau.

Are there any other sibling-combinations current on the Spitfire? I know of a husband-and-wife (Frank Parker and Liz Needham) team in NZ, but brothers?

As for me, I was punted to the Mustang... sigh...

mazdaP5 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:32 am

Tough break, lol.

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:03 am

A few Km lower that his last orbit......but sooooo cool!!!!

Tks for sharing Dave.

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:20 am

Great that Chris was able to follow in your footsteps for once.

I was so tempted to accuse him of stealing "your" ride, but glad to see you at least got to do something while he was in the Spit. :drink3:

As for siblings, I seem to remember that Steve Hinton has a brother who has flown a lot of planes with him, maybe them?

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:02 pm

Very nice photographs, by the way.

Richard W. · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:37 am

Livin' the dream!

Great photos. Thanks

Kyleb · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:19 pm

I'd appreciate a "Compare and contrast" PIREP on the two aircraft.

Feel free to elaborate. I have time. ;-)

Spitty · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:22 pm

Pit them together in a dogfight.. :axe:

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1655

Kyleb wrote:

I'd appreciate a "Compare and contrast" PIREP on the two aircraft.

Feel free to elaborate. I have time. ;-)

The Mustang goes places. The Spitfire turns.

Dave Hadfield · **Joined:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:31 pm **Posts:** 1655

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:03 am

This is awesome! Were you able to fly formation at all? That would be really cool to get to experience with your brother. Good for you.

MKD1966 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:24 am

CAPFlyer wrote:

Great that Chris was able to follow in your footsteps for once.

I was so tempted to accuse him of stealing "your" ride, but glad to see you at least got to do something while he was in the Spit. :drink3:

As for siblings, I seem to remember that Steve Hinton has a brother who has flown a lot of planes with him, maybe them?

I'm not sure if Steve Hinton's brother John is checked out in the Spitfire - but I believe his brother in-law John Maloney is checked out in them and I know his son Steven is checked out in them...

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:41 pm

MKD, thanks, I couldn't remember Steve's brother's name and I know he keeps a pretty low public profile, but I know he's a pretty good pilot in his own right.

Iclo · **Posted:** Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:36 am

CAPFlyer wrote:

MKD, thanks, I couldn't remember Steve's brother's name and I know he keeps a pretty low public profile, but I know he's a pretty good pilot in his own right.

His name is John Hinton and I think he's very often seen flying Plane Of Fame airplanes on various airshows.

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:34 am

Iclo - I know he flies most of the planes and even does quite a bit of film flying just as Steve does, but outside of that, he keeps a pretty low profile. That was my point. If you search "Steve Hinton brother" on Google, it brings up plenty about Steveo, but nothing about John. In fact, although I know he has a SAG card and has several movie credits, if you search "John Hinton", it comes up with very little, even after several pages. That's what I meant by my post.

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