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Re: Spit IX MJ730 update...

Posted by Ron Henry on Tue Oct 15, 2002 02:23:45 PM

In reply top Re: Spit IX MJ730 update... posted by Steve Young on Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:53:26 PM

: : I went out to the Fighter Factory yesterday to chat with
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: : on about what they'll be having me do, as I've signed on
: f
: : or a cockpit detailing/restoration position... the Spit
: is
: : fully stripped and just about ready to go back together
: ,
: : the port wing is done and enroute, and she'll be refinis
: he
: : d soon. In the interim, I have *GOT* to get my hands on
: a
: : digital camera while she's all apart... I'll be cleanin
: g
: : and touching up the interior once I get out there, and a
: m
: : definitely looking forward to it!
: :
: : Their FG-1D is just about ready for the final exterior c
: oa
: : t, she's mechanically fully done now and they've been fl
: ig
: : ht-testing her extensively. And I found out how big the
: P
: : olikarpov I-15bis is; somehow, I was surprised at that t
: hi
: : ng! Don replied that it's still pretty light for 1000hp
: ,
: : which I really can't argue with. :)
: :
: : Thought you guys might like to know.
: :
: : Lynn
:
: Hi Lynn, if you do manage to get some shots of MJ730, plea
: se do let me know, as my parents 'adopted' this particular
: Spitfire a couple of years ago. They bought a flat in the
: large house which used to be the Officers Mess at RAF Har
: rowbeer to the north of Plymouth, and after a bit of resea
: rch into the airfields history we found that both this air
: craft and Spitfire V AR614 had both flown from Harrowbeer
: during the war. Parents being rather sentimental creatures
: , they decided to take a special interest in both aircraft
: , so any update on MJ730 would be gratefully received.
:
: Cheers,
:
: Steve

The present owner might like to know about a programme that was shown on Brit TV within the last couple of years. I can't remember its name, but it featured actual wartime colour film that included some aircraft. I didn't see the prog myself, but I'm fairly sure that a friend told me that MJ730 was, by coincidence, seen in one of the clips. Peter A would almost surely know..... and probably some other Brit WIXers, too.


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