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Re: Spitfire MK959

Posted by peter on Mon Jan 06, 2003 02:30:25 PM

In reply top Re: Spitfire MK959 posted by simon king on Mon Jan 06, 2003 01:39:26 PM

Simon
MK959 was the pole mounted 'Gate guard' at RNeth.AF Eindhoven. It was replaced with a GRP replica liveried also as 'MK959' and this is where possible confusion has occurred.
I cannot locate the pic on the Airliners site for comparison but I can tell you that Raybourne Thompson Jnr is nearing the end of a most magnificent restoration of MK959 in Houston Texas. He has my especial admiration for sticking with all the English 'furniture and fittings'. No mean task to stay with the English AGS - nut bolts etc. Should fly this year.
Wings tips removeable for marks up to 20 series.
Peter

: This is an original airframe - no more a replica than any
: other restored Spitfire :-)
:
: See the latest Flypast
:
: Ex Dutch gate guardian H-15, Ex Dutch Spitfire Flight
:
: Wingtips are interchangeable with a screwdriver so you can
: have either a clipped or "classic" wingtip at will - it d
: oesn't depend on the wing type at all - so you could have
: a clipped C or E wing,a full span C or E wing or even a lo
: ng span C or E wing as per Spit VII - in truth not all the
: se options actually appeared although all were physically
: possible.
:
: Peter - help me here!!!!!!
:
: HTH
: sk

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