Have any of these sold based on this bbc webstory ?
Three Spitfires go on market
Three Spitfires are up for sale at Duxford, near Cambridge
A fully restored World War II Spitfire has gone on the market for £1.35m.
The plane is one of three, fully airworthy, Spitfires being offered for sale at the Historic Flying company based at Duxford near Cambridge.
The other two are offer at £850,000 and £1.1m. Only around 30 airworthy Spitfires exist anywhere in the world so the sale is an historic event.
Lee Proudfoot of Historic Flying said: “We have had a lot of interest in the planes, as we always do.”
He added: “We don’t really have to advertise. Usually people just get to hear about the planes or we get interest through articles in the aviation press.
Wealthy people
“Occasionally we put them on the internet.
“You’d be surprised by how many wealthy people there are around. Selling them is not usually a problem.
“It’s every schoolboy’s dream to fly a Spitfire and by owning one of these you get your own slice of history.”
The Mark XIV plane which is up for sale at £1.35m has just undergone two years of renovation.
A Mark XVIII costs £1.1m while the Mark XVI version is £850,000.
Passion for planes
Historic Flying has restored 12 Spitfires since it was set up by Karel Bos out of his “passion for vintage planes” 20 years ago.
“He just wanted to keep them up in the sky, rather than the project being about making money,” said Mr Proudfoot.
Each Spitfire can take up to two years to restore, with parts sourced from all over the world as well as being manufactured at the company’s base at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
By: DazDaMan - 19th May 2004 at 12:31
No way – I want TD248 to stay here!
If possible, I’d love to see RN201 done up in the markings of 610 Squadron. Might not be nice and shiny, but it has significance.
By: Black Knight - 19th May 2004 at 11:50
They were originally put up for sale as the Millenium Trio. I would have thought the 14 & 16 to have been off to the U.S by now seeing as they are finished in the best markings on any Spitfire since G-FIRE.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th May 2004 at 11:41
As far as I’m aware the three Spitfires currently for sale are SM845, TD248 & RN201. These have all been available for a couple of years or more – since they were restored.
Why the BBC chose to randomly report it when they did is anybodys guess, but I don’t believe any particular significance can be attached to it.
By: DazDaMan - 19th May 2004 at 09:43
I think BlueNoser’s piece is originally from a newspaper, and the BBC filched it – that’s the press for you! :rolleyes:
By: blueyonder - 19th May 2004 at 09:38
Historic Flying has restored 12 Spitfires since it was set up by Karel Bos out of his “passion for vintage planes” 20 years ago.
When will people get this right???
By: DazDaMan - 19th May 2004 at 08:36
How many Spits do HFL have on the go at the moment? They’re finishing up PV202/IAC161 at the moment, they’ve got a MkV on the go (JG891?), and I have a funny feeling they have one of the ex-Burma Spit IXs there, too, unless that has moved on since the last Flypast story.
What else they got?! 😀
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May 18, 2004 at 11:29 pm