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SM969 on static display at an airshow, Duxford UK. Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe SM969 (N969SM). Built and delivered to the RAF before being delivered to the Indian Air Force with the tail number HS877. It was brought back to the UK in 1978 with the restoration beginning in 2006. The aircraft became airworthy again in 2008 with the register G-BRAF.
Lancaster B I PA474 in 460 Squadron (RAAF) colours, escorted by Hurricane Mk.IIc LF363 in 249 Sqn livery.. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) is a Royal Air Force flight which provides an aerial display group usually comprising an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber and two fighters, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane.
Clifford Rodney Spink (born 17 May 1946) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, who is now a Spitfire display pilot on the national air display circuit. The first Spitfire he ever flew belonged to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, during his tenure as Station Commander of RAF Coningsby.
Spitfire Tr.9 NH341 (G-CICK) was restored by Historic Flying Limited in 2017 Spitfire Tr.9 PV202 (G-CCCA) restored by Historic Flying Limited in 2005 and now operated by Aerial Collective Duxford. The most authentic Mk Ia Spitfire airworthy today, restored to flight by Historic Flying Limited in 2012.
In 2004, Grace flew this Spitfire over Chartwell, the former residence of Winston Churchill, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. [7] In 2011, she flew the plane on the 75th anniversary of the Spitfire's first flight in 1936. [5] Grace died after a car accident at Goulburn, New South Wales, [8] on 2 December 2022, at the age of 70. [1] [3]
The Supermarine Seafang was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon–engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45 for naval use. It was based on the Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine's Griffon-engined Spitfire aircraft.
The Jurca MJ-10 Spitfire is a sport aircraft designed by Marcel Jurca in France as a replica of the Supermarine Spitfire and marketed for homebuilding. Plans for two versions were produced, the MJ-10, at 3/4 scale, and the MJ-100, at full-scale. Construction throughout is of wood, and the builder may choose to complete the aircraft with either ...
The instrument panel of a Spitfire IX showing the Mk IID Gyro reflector gunsight. To set range the dial adjusts the reticle size to match target wingspan. Currently set to the Junkers Ju 88, it ranged in size from the large Fw 200 Condor to the small Messerschmitt Bf 109.
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