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On 28/06/2014 22:44, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:33:05 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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>>> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane |
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>>> from |
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>>> the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a |
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>>> Spitfire. |
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>> You have an actual flying Spitfire nearby? Wow! I thought Evelyn was the |
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>> last airworthy model left anywhere. |
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>> For those who don't know, Evelyn was a Mk IXe and spent years in a kid's |
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>> playground in Pretoria (the city I grew up in) before someone started |
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>> restoring her in the late 60s. She was rebuilt at Zwartkop Air Force |
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>> Base (where I spent time as an apprentice) and stored at Lanseria |
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>> Airport (where I've spent many a happy hour drinking fine wares at the |
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>> restaurant above the apron). |
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>> Last I heard, she was sold and ended up in Brazil... |
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> Considering there are companies selling flights in them: |
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> http://flywithaspitfire.com/ |
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> http://tigerairways.co.uk/spitfire-flights.html |
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> (from this one: |
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> To the best of our information there are about 50 Spitfires currently flying |
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> Worldwide. Of these only five are two-seaters (converted Mark 9’s), three in |
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> the UK and two in the USA) |
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> Never mind that there are quite a few scale models flying around :) |
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I reckon I was told "only airworthy Spitfire in the world" when it was |
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actually "onl airworthy Spitfire in Africa" |
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I suppose that's what happens when you don't fact-check. That'll teach |
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me :-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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