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Peter, could you ring me re. OP. Tail Feathers? - lol
Posted by Tony on Tue Aug 27, 2002 07:34:53 AM
In reply top Re: Indian Spitfires - Redux..... posted by PeterA on Mon Aug 26, 2002 08:47:44 AM
: : So which Spitfire came from Kharagpur?
: :
: : Tony
:
: The Spitfire that was at Kharagpur is HS669. Indeed every
: detachable part is hand painted HS669 including the tail f
: in fillet. The trim control access panel on the tail fin h
: ad the stencil '367'on the reverse. This was indicative of
: TP367 but tail units can change round as we now know from
: TP285(Prov). When the Spitfire finally arrived at Skyspor
: t for temporary storage a deeper examination of the airfra
: me revealed the top tank fuel cover, not only liberally sp
: rinkled with HS669, but also hand painted '367'. So TP367
: beyond reasonable doubt.
: Incidently during the time I removed the tail unit from th
: e fuselage and the final exportation of the aircraft from
: India, the tail unit was stolen, despite being placed in t
: he safe keeping of the professor in charge of the wind tun
: nel facility! There is a reward should anybody know of its
: location.