Argentinian Spitfires

[zorro7]

Spitfire Folks:

Does anyone has a sample copy of the article Oct- Nov 2000 named "Spitfire across the Atlantic by Air Enthusiast Magazine??







p.s plz vist us in our new Latinamerican forum & small air forces of the rest of the world at the link below:

http://www.pista01.com

[The Inspector]

Mk XVI ??

[Dan K]

Mk XVI ??

Mk XI

http://spitfiresite.com/2007/10/atlanti ... tfire.html

[havillandhornet]

Not too much help but it does have a covershot of the issue:

http://www.theaviationindex.com/publication/air-enthusiast/volume-89-september-2000

[The Inspector]

DK,
Any idea of it's orignal MOD s/n?

[rcaf_100]

DK,
Any idea of it's orignal MOD s/n?

From the link Dan posted, it's PR Mk. XI PL972.

[RMAllnutt]

There is a fair degree more info here... as found on a similar thread on the Flypast forum. Makes for some interesting reading...

http://poorhousephotos.com/lvnmz.html

Cheers,
Richard

[the330thbg]

Spitfire PR.MK.XI

Serial: LV-NMZ
"Rosario, Argentina, 1947. This plane was the first Spitfire that flew in Argentina, was a civilian aircraft owned by an ex RAF pilot named James (Jaime) Ehving Storey, this plane was confiscated by the Argentinian goverment in 1949, for use in evaluation agaist the Italian fighter Fiat G-59, later was used as 'camera plane' in test of the air to air missile AM-1 Tabano, in one of these fights crash landed due to a motor failture, with no spares and will to repair the old bird, it was scrapped in 1952."

More here:
http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/9 ... ntino.html

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