Brothers in Spitfires

[Dave Hadfield]

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]

Tough break, lol.

[Michel Lemieux]

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

Tks for sharing Dave.

[CAPFlyer]

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.

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]

Very nice photographs, by the way.

[Richard W.]

Livin' the dream!

Great photos. Thanks

[Kyleb]

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

Feel free to elaborate. I have time.

[Spitty]

Pit them together in a dogfight..

[Dave Hadfield]

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]

[kalamazookid]

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]

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.

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]

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]

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]

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.