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Interesting note: there are about 44 airworthy spitfires remaining: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Supermarine_Spitfires http://en.wikipedia.org
by callmeed 15y ago
Interesting note: there are about 44 airworthy spitfires remaining:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Supermarine_Spitfires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Supermarine_S...
If seen the ones on display in Seattle, but I can't recall if I've seen one fly (went to a lot of air shows as a kid).
- WalterBright 15y agoI saw a late model on fly when I was a kid. I got a ride in the back seat of a P-51 a few years ago. That was a totally awesome experience. I was given a parachute, and told by the pilot "if you see me climbing out, you'd better get out, too."
- jodrellblank 15y agoThey used to fly a Lancaster Bomber, Spitfire and Hurricane past the annual summer show where I grew up. (And there's a Lancaster Bomber Flyby in the English Midlands this Sunday, incidentally).
- Graham24 15y agoThat's the Battle of Britian Memorial Flight. I saw them a few years ago, they flew over my house as it happens. The size difference between the spitfire and the lanc is remarkable. The sound of 50 lancs flying towards you at 20000 feet must have sounded like death approaching.