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Battles and others

Posted by simon king on Tue Aug 13, 2002 03:20:24 PM

In reply top Re: Beaufighter Update for Andy G! posted by Ron Henry on Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:46:10 PM

Ron
the ex Charles Church/Strathallan Battle was at Duxford for a while before being swapped by (IIRC) the Historic Aircraft Collection to Belgium for a gate guardian Spit (MK912???)
This must have represented, unless you know differently, the best chance of getting a Battle airworthy but everybody (if they had the chance) seemed to pass

Perhaps the poor old Battle just wasn't important enough - although I wonder whether Shuttleworth, with their new enlightened attitude might hace taken it on if it had been on the market today.

While we're at it as nobody seems to have mentioned it, congratulations to the Irish Air Corps for purchasing the ex-IAC Avro Cadet from NZ and bringing it home to fly - now how about an certain ex IAC Spritfire Tr9 currently under restoration not a million miles from the M11?

sk

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