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Re: Oh yes there is.................
Posted by Gregory on Wed Dec 12, 2001 08:21:20 AM
In reply top Oh yes there is................. posted by MGM on Tue Dec 11, 2001 06:26:00 PM
A fiery reply if I ever read one!
No, I have no inside information, but I still don't think that the text supports the existence of a Mk V project reading.
The easiest explanation for the dangling "a project" is a typing error.
If there were both a Mk V flier and a Mk V project, the two would have been joined by "and" rather than separated by a comma. On the other hand, seeing that the listing is by mark, it could be argued that the project is from a variant comprised between V and IX, i.e. VI, VII or VIII.
Now any of those would be worth seeing, in the air or on the ground!
Gregory
:
: A MkV flier,
: a project,
: a MKIX project,
: a MKXIV flier,
: and a XXII/XXIV project.....
:
: Now I can actually count, and that makes.....errrrhhhh....
: errmmm....hold on a sec, just counting my fingers....got i
: t !......FIVE (5) Spitfires.....TWO (2)of them fliers and
: THREE (3)projects.....handy isn't it, having five fingers
: on each hand ?......unless you're one of the Simpsons.....
:
:
: I also read it very carefully several times last night bef
: ore I posted my question.....so if I have got it wrong....
: then I don't really know what to say about it.........but
: if you have some inside information one way or the other,
: then please don't keep it to yourself.
:
: By the way Tom, I remember the serials of virtually all su
: rviving Spitfires....that's the kind of sad git I am.....a
: lthough I AM NOT A PLANE SPOTTER....and I've never been to
: Greece either.....and I don't want to...lol !
:
: TTFN
: Mick