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Re: Rolls Royce Spitfire Mk.XIV RM689 G-ALGT/dave moore
Posted by john fawke on Tue Dec 24, 2002 04:35:25 AM
In reply top Rolls Royce Spitfire Mk.XIV RM689 G-ALGT posted by Paul McMillan on Mon Dec 23, 2002 01:50:34 PM
I first met dave whilst I was serving at Yeovilton and had the pleasure to meet up with him at a few other events over the years,I am sure that he would endorse the proposal this aircraft be rebuilt and put back where it belongs.The company should be praised in the fact that they very sensibly mourned his loss over a long period of time,kept very quiet about it all until now.To my knowledge the search for parts has been going for some time and very much has gone on behind the scenes,so best of luck to the team at rolls royce and look forward to seeing your hard efforts back where it belongs.
mery xmas to you all
: has jsut made a re-appearance back on the UK register afte
: r her fatal crash at BAe Woodford in 1992
:
: This has generated a heated debate about the rights and wr
: ongs about this on the Air Britain forum..
:
: One posting (not mine) caught my eye though, and I thought
: it would be worth sharing...
:
: Subject: Spitfire G-ALGT
:
: "I think maybe we should look at this question from the pe
: rspective of the relatives of the deceased, and in this ca
: se the rebuild may be questionable. However, the following
: story may indicate differently, even though it does not i
: nvolve a flyable aircraft.
:
: Some years ago I was being shown around the RAF Museum res
: toration centre at Cardington, and the subject of the Hamp
: den remains came up. Our guide said that not long before,
: he was showing a party round and explaining the origins of
: the aircraft, and one of the party said that a relation o
: f his had been killed in similar circumstances in a Hampde
: n; as the conversation progressed, our guide became uncomf
: ortably aware that this was in fact the Hampden in questio
: n. He said that for a few minutes he agonised over whether
: to tell the visitor or not, but that he decided to and di
: d; the visitor, after getting over the immediate shock of
: the announcement, apparently expressed gratitude at being
: told and was pleased that he was able to see the very airc
: raft in which his relative had died!
:
: I'm not sure that that would have been my reaction in simi
: lar circumstances, but it takes all sorts....... "