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Re: Looks like Historic Flying have FINALLY sold something

Posted by AIRIC on Sat May 10, 2003 09:17:28 AM

In reply top Looks like Historic Flying have FINALLY sold something posted by Philip Bradle on Fri May 09, 2003 10:15:38 AM

I have been told Ed Russell is planning to have Bruce McRitchie from the CWH checked out on the Spitfire. McRitchie operates a T-28 and has been instrumental in restoring and flying some of the Fleet aircraft for the CWH. Mr. Russell is also looking at buying a Harvard for pilot training.

It will be great to see another Spitfire over Ontario but lets hope Mr. Russell will show more common sence than Carey Moore did when he started demonstrating the Sea Fury. We can not loose any more great aircraft due to lack of experience. This will only hurt the warbird movement in Canada and the airshow industry.

I've heard through the grapevine the CWH are looking into acquiring a Spitfire so the prospect of seeing three Spitfires in Ontario may be very good.

Eric





: This appeared on the Ananova news website today
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: "Canadian pays ?1 million for wartime Spitfire
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: A Canadian architect has paid more than ?1 million for a r
: estored Spitfire thought to have been the first allied pla
: ne to land in France after D-Day.
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: Ed Russell, who is in his late sixties, will have the vint
: age aircraft shipped from England to Ontario in the next f
: ew months.
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: The Spitfire was built in 1944 and originally flown by 312
: Squadron during the Second World War.
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: After the war it was bought by the Belgian Airforce and fe
: ll into disrepair.
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: In 1987, the Spitfire was bought by the Historic Flying Co
: mpany - which is based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, and spe
: cialises in restoring vintage aircraft.
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: Experts worked for two years reassembling the plane which
: is now in full flying order.
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: A spokeswoman for the company said Mr Russell, who was lea
: rning to fly, was hoping to pilot the plane when it arrive
: d in Canada."
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: Philip.
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