Simviation Forum - Airbourne 2011

Reply #15 - Aug 17^th, 2011 at 4:42pm

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pfevrier wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 2:43pm:

The shot of the Hurri bomber is excellent, my favorite!
As far as the Spit, was the second cockpit for training purposes or did they just add it to take tourists up in the air?

That's where R2D2 sat when Skywalker was flying Spits. Tongue

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Reply #16 - Aug 17^th, 2011 at 5:13pm

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pfevrier wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 2:43pm:

The shot of the Hurri bomber is excellent, my favorite!
As far as the Spit, was the second cockpit for training purposes or did they just add it to take tourists up in the air?

The Tr.9 was a postwar development, converting Mk IXs, quite a few of which had seen WW2 service (the most famous, ML407 - the Grace Spitfire - achieving he first allied kill on D-Day in the hands of the Kiwi Johnnie Houlton). Around 20 were built for the Indian, Dutch and Egyptian Air Forces, and the Irish Air Corps. Several have now been restored, either as two seaters, or in one or two cases, they've been restored in their original configuration (such as ML417, formerly of The Fighter Collection, now in the USA).

That said, there were several "field conversions" performed on Mk V and IXs, generally involving removing the fuel tank in front of the cockpit, and adding a seat and controls in its place. The Soviets also "field converted" some airframes, although to a more uniform standard, adding a second cockpit behind the original one. Seeing as on the Tr.9 they moved the front cockpit forwards, it must have played havoc with the centre of gravity!

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Reply #17 - Aug 17^th, 2011 at 7:25pm

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pfevrier wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 2:43pm:

The shot of the Hurri bomber is excellent, my favorite!
As far as the Spit, was the second cockpit for training purposes or did they just add it to take tourists up in the air?

Thanks. Here's the history of IAC161, the Spitfire Tr.9 in my photos. http://www.arc-duxford.co.uk/spitTix.htm

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Reply #18 - Aug 18^th, 2011 at 9:34am

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Nice Shots!

Wait, I know Ozzy likes spitfires, but does he actually have one?

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Reply #19 - Aug 18^th, 2011 at 9:57am

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Club508 wrote on Aug 18^th, 2011 at 9:34am:

Nice Shots!

Thanks.

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Wait, I know Ozzy likes spitfires, but does he actually have one?

By "Ozzy's Spitfire" I meant the one in his sig pic.

I took that photo at Duxford back in 2005 during its first public display after being fully restored & painted in its original Irish Air Corps markings. It's the same aircraft as the one in this topic.

Mark had a guided tour of the workshops where it was restored & has sat in the cockpit of that particular Spit. He actually started building his own Spitfire some time ago but I believe the project has been put on hold.

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Reply #20 - Aug 18^th, 2011 at 3:40pm

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Hagar wrote on Aug 18^th, 2011 at 9:57am:

I took that photo at Duxford back in 2005 during its first public display after being fully restored & painted in its original Irish Air Corps markings. It's the same aircraft as the one in this topic.

Its second restoration of course, following its fatal accident a couple of years previously. Huh

I notice they don't carry the serial now even though it's in an RAF colour scheme (albeit a BoB one).

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Reply #21 - Aug 18^th, 2011 at 4:47pm

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C wrote on Aug 18^th, 2011 at 3:40pm:

Hagar wrote on Aug 18^th, 2011 at 9:57am:

I took that photo at Duxford back in 2005 during its first public display after being fully restored & painted in its original Irish Air Corps markings. It's the same aircraft as the one in this topic.

Its second restoration of course, following its fatal accident a couple of years previously. Huh

I didn't go into detail as it's all in the link I posted. http://www.arc-duxford.co.uk/spitTix.htm

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I notice they don't carry the serial now even though it's in an RAF colour scheme (albeit a BoB one).

Seems a rather odd choice to me. I suppose if you're wealthy enough to own an airworthy Spit you can paint it in any markings you like.

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Reply #22 - Aug 19^th, 2011 at 7:41am

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Cool Which spitfire is that? Cool

And That piper does look off Grin

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Reply #23 - Aug 19^th, 2011 at 10:14am