BBMF Grounded.

Maybe related to this event with P7350?

(12) EMERGENCY: SPITFIRE P7350 ENCOUNTERS ENGINE PROBLEMS SECONDS BEFORE LANDING • RAF CONINGSBY 06.06.23 – YouTube

From what I have read elsewhere, I think both the Griffon engined Spitfires may be currently in maintenance and not available. 

The BBMF website seems very sparse on information, and singularly uninformative as to the identity of each of the Spitfires, and the current status (ie.undergoing maintenance or available for display).  They haven’t even mentioned the grounding there, which is not helpful to people who don’t look at the data robbing sites.

I think I read the Dakota’s U/S all year but they’ve still got two (?) Griffon Spitfires I believe.

The statement appears to say they’re stopping flying completely. I wonder why, unless they need all engineering resources focused on the Merlins.

BBMF being cautious at this time, were they not flying over London today?

Off memory all BoBMF Merlin Engines are data logged while in operation.

The statement that you have linked to suggests that it is a course of action being taken unilaterally by the BBMF, so at this stage it would be fairly apparent that it only applies within the BBMF.   Depending upon the exact nature of the fault and what their engineers find, it may well be extended, but that decision (and the scope of its application) will be for the CAA to make, and will be notified by them.

At present it seems to be a case of the RAF being cautious.

Hi All,

This statement from the BBMF Faceache page:- https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Official/?locale=en_GB

Just a thought does this fault discovery mean that all Merlin engine aircraft Worldwide will now be grounded UFN ?  or will it depend on what specific variant of Merlin engine it is ?

Geoff.