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Re: It was'nt their Spit............
Posted by CJ on Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:29:09 PM
In reply top It was'nt their Spit............ posted by Rob Rohr on Thu Feb 12, 2004 09:44:15 PM
: The a/c was Mk IXc code MK297 reg. N9BL was on loan to the
: CWH the main sponsor was Howard Pardue.
:
: If I remember right their was some legal issues after the
: firer. But it was the CAF aircraft, the CWH and the CAF ha
: d work out a arraingment to form a BoB flight using the th
: e CWH Lanc. Hurr. and the CAF Spit. I got a chance to see
: this only once does anyone have photos from Hamliton show
: when they flew the BoB flight.
:
: Cheers Rob
Rob, thanks for the info, seems I remember that there was a story that the Spit had a taxi accident & was being repaired at the time of the fire, this issue has always been a cloudy topic.
Thanks again,
CJ