Simviation Forum - Spitfire and Hurricane.

Jul 16^th, 2005 at 12:22pm

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I thought of you Mark while I was taking these. I was so cramped in the building that it was a real struggle to get these. It was disappointing not to be able to get the whole plane.

Taken at the Spitfire and Hurricane memorial Museum.

Hurricane

Spitfire

Oh duh.........

Hope you liked these.

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Reply #1 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 12:24pm

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The names are mixed up...

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Reply #2 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 12:26pm

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Nice - but that last photo kind of spoils the beauty of the plane ..

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Reply #3 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 12:33pm

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Oh dash it - I'll change them thanks Björn.

Yep Felix - but I never claim to be entrant in a Mr World competition. Tongue

Oh and I suddenly just found this, a complete pic of the Hurri. Forgot I had this one.

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Reply #4 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 1:01pm

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Hey, wait a minute... That's not the UK! That's taken in Hungary in Ozzies garage! Shocked

I can hear the warden think... Oh cr*p, not one of those simv-lunatics again... Some collegue told me a friend of his coudn't stop touching the merlin at another museum!

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Reply #5 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 3:34pm

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Nice. Hasn't changed much since my days down at Manston. Its a nice little memorial. Apart from Duxford and Hendon, its probably the only BoB airfield still with either a (genuine) Spitfire or Hurricane in residence...

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Reply #6 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 3:56pm

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Nice snaps chap, did you pick up the Merlin for me? Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #7 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 4:49pm

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I was awfully surprised how much work is put into them. They said more than 18,000 hours of labour went into restoring the Hurri. Makes me wonder what they were actually dealing with!

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Reply #8 - Jul 16^th, 2005 at 4:55pm