Warbird Information Exchange

Flypast Forum is reporting the first flight of Spit I X4650 and that her current owners are in the US.

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=115420

I don't follow the Spit movement too closely, but should we be expecting export/import shortly?

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I see Tom Friedkin is apparently the recent buyer of Spit I AR213, but has the family truly acquired another? Time will tell, I suppose.

http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/spitaw.htm

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First and second flight images posted here.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showth ... 420&page=2

PeterA

Well, that confirms the Friedkins' involvment for me. Thank you, Mr. A!

Information floating about suggests at least one of the latest Spit I rebuilds is remaining on the Duxford side of the Pond for now. Anyone able to confirm one rumor over the other?

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

A spectacular rebuild of one of Al Deere's "kills"! Aside from the simple but significant fact that it's a Mk I, for me the beauty of this aircraft lies in the completely plain and relatively anonymous markings which it actually wore during the war.

I have to be honest though- I still think the black/white undersurface scheme of P9374 is much, much more awesome. I wonder what the odds are of getting these two beauties aloft together before X4650 is crated and shipped westwards?

Lynn

I'd like to see both the new restorations join AR213 in the air at some point...imagine that!

It looks like a beautiful restoration: every "new" Spitfire seems to set the benchmark a little higher for the one that follows. Outstanding

Now, if only someone could do Al's KL-B/"Kiwi"!

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
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"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Hmmm, I think there was an article about this restoration in FlyPast a few months back. Is Al Deere the guy who colllied with another Spit in a 'taka-taka-taka-taka'-style incident and after he bailed out of the aircraft it sprialed down to a pretty good belly landing near a river?

If this is it, I believe the article mentioned the Friedkin's.

Chappie

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Brrring. Dispersal? TWO SECTIONS SCRAMBLE!!

It is in the pipeline for reconstruction.

The mortal remains were recovered and X4276 'Kiwi III' is registered G-CDGU. It is with the same outfit, 'The Spitfire Company', at Biggin Hill and will take its turn in due course.

It is all in that book...with images.

PeterA

And that just made my day. Thank-you, Peter!

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Story is that KL-A collided with Al Deere's KL-B,, wasnt Deere's fault. The pilot of KL-A had it trimmed well enough that when he bailed out the plane did a leveled glide till it struck the bank of the river, and there it stayed. Beautiful restoration.