Spitfire 70th Anniversary - Duxford
Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:24 pm
Heres my offering from todays superb display by Carolyn Grace. Where better to mark the 70th Anniversary than at the airfield where she went into service for the first time.
Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:27 pm
Gorgeous shots, Nick. I love that silhouetted one - you could almost have been flying on Carolyn's wing!
Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:36 pm
Yes, very nice Nick!
Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:35 am
I saw the Spits flying on the CBS early morning news today. Very impressive and what a great sound!!!! PJ
Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:06 pm
FROM; THE REGISTER
Flypast honours Spitfire maiden flight
Classic aircraft marks 70 years
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 6th March 2006 15:01 GMT
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Five Spitfires yesterday took off from Southampton International Airport - formerly Eastleigh airfield - to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Spit's maiden flight, the BBC reports.
The first ever Spitfire to take to the air did so on 5 March, 1936, at 1630 GMT, and more than 20,000 of the aircraft were subsequently built at the nearby Supermarine factory in Woolston.
Thousands turned out to watch the circuit, taking in the factory site and Southampton Water - among them Dr Gordon Mitchell, the son of Spitfire designer Reginald Mitchell.
Aboard a two-seater example for the flypast was 93-year-old Alex Henshaw, the chief test pilot during the war. He told the Beeb: "For me this is really full circle as I first flew the Spitfire from Eastleigh on my birthday in November 1939 and this is the last time I will go up in one, so it's very nostalgic." ®
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Very Cool!
Robbie
Flypast honours Spitfire maiden flight
Classic aircraft marks 70 years
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 6th March 2006 15:01 GMT
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Five Spitfires yesterday took off from Southampton International Airport - formerly Eastleigh airfield - to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Spit's maiden flight, the BBC reports.
The first ever Spitfire to take to the air did so on 5 March, 1936, at 1630 GMT, and more than 20,000 of the aircraft were subsequently built at the nearby Supermarine factory in Woolston.
Thousands turned out to watch the circuit, taking in the factory site and Southampton Water - among them Dr Gordon Mitchell, the son of Spitfire designer Reginald Mitchell.
Aboard a two-seater example for the flypast was 93-year-old Alex Henshaw, the chief test pilot during the war. He told the Beeb: "For me this is really full circle as I first flew the Spitfire from Eastleigh on my birthday in November 1939 and this is the last time I will go up in one, so it's very nostalgic." ®
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Very Cool!
Robbie
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:24 pm
Robbie
That event was at Southampton, this display was at Duxford.
That event was at Southampton, this display was at Duxford.
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:37 pm
Opps 
My bad. 
Robbie
My bad.
Robbie
Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:22 pm
Super pics Nick, I arrived at Duxford just too late to see Carolyn's display - they make up (almost) for my tardiness!
But later on the four Duxford Spits arrived back from Southampton, ah the fust Merlins (and a Griffon) of the year for me!
But later on the four Duxford Spits arrived back from Southampton, ah the fust Merlins (and a Griffon) of the year for me!