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Re: Seafire FR.46 LA564

Posted by Tony D on Mon Oct 15, 2001 04:58:42 PM

In reply top Re: Seafire FR.46 LA564 posted by david J burke on Mon Oct 15, 2001 04:32:44 PM

Dave you are right about SX300...it was not much to begin with and the fire put paid to her. I thought that the same fire had also destroyed much of the spit too. Luckily Peter Wood's Seafire 17 survived this. Peter is one of the quiet stalwarts of the UK preservation movement who beavers away at restorations without seeking glory. I for one owe him thanx for his help including extensive use of his sandblaster!!

: Mick you need a seriously good dream to imagine SX300 flyi
: ng again. She consists of a firewall and a few lumps of me
: lted aluminium. Sadly she was destroyed a couple of years
: ago in a workshop fire. The ex-Irish Air Corps Seafire is
: stored with Aerofab. As for 'Blue Peter' she will be a new
: Spitfire when she flies.

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