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On Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:18:06 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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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 |
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> > flying Worldwide. Of these only five are two-seaters (converted Mark |
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> > 9’s), three in 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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Typical :) |
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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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Yep, that should teach you :P |
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Btw, I do not have all the info, but it could be that they meant last one of |
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that particular model. |
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Joost |