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Apogee
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And the winner is ...... drum roll....... Spitfiire MK.XIV RN-201 Owned by Tom Blair and restored by Historic Flying/ARCO at Duxford. Congrats.
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Nice to see a british warbird winning awards. Always loved watching RN201 fly at Duxford especially with the Spit XVI that was in the same markings for a while.
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You mean this bucket of bolts?
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Thats different. Nice! :D
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I always loved that Spitfire and was sad to see her go.

It's nice to see she's appreciated over the pond.
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Its quite an old restoration (although new to the USA). Were there no new restorations there this year?

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No new restorations. Not a whole lot there actually. It seemed to all disappear towards the end of the week. By Sunday it was pretty much all gone.

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Did wicked weather in other parts of USA kept warbird attendance down??
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Duxford, Flying Legends, July 2005

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Is authentic paint not considered when judging at Sun-N-Fun? I love the Spit so no disrespect intended, just wondering what the criteria is.
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Chad;
I believe the paint on this Spitfire is authentic.
Anybody confirm that from across the pond?
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This paint scheme was originally carried on a 41 Sqd MK 21 Spitfire ,in 1946,7 I believe. I am sure someone else will no more.
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Airdales wrote:
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I believe the paint on this Spitfire is authentic.
Anybody confirm that from across the pond?
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Yes, authentic for a Spit, but not for a Mk.XIV.
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I believe the scheme for this particular aircraft was chosen with the American market in mind. Looks like they got that right!

Many congratulations from a former member of the Historic Flying team.


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