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wardog
05-09-2002, 09:29 PM
Check out the first photos of the first flight of the newly restored MK XIX Spitfire!
http://www.planesoffame.org/spit3.htm
Congratulations on a great job!
AAFO_WSagar
05-09-2002, 10:04 PM
Wahoo! Is this airplane going to fly at the Chino Show Cindy? Now you've given me one more reason to feel bad that I can't make it down there!
A Griff powered Spit... !!
Wayne
MattB
05-10-2002, 10:13 AM
This thing is beautiful!! Where can I get more details? Id love to make it to the air show but thats 3 days drive for me. Nice pics to.
MattB
Whoa!!! And contra rotating props to boot!!!!!! WOW !!!!!!
Thanks to the museum team for bringing this back to life!!
Unregistered
05-11-2002, 10:48 PM
Is that a Griffon out of a Shackleton? I have previously only seen the Seafires with contra-rotating props (contra props are much better for the carrier wave off). Most of the Griffon Spitfires had 5 bladed Rotol props (some early Griffon examples had 4 bladed Rotols).
Guy F.
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