I have been clearing up a lot of my stuff lately and came across some gen about Alan Lovelock and a Spitfire mk9 that he was going to recover from the summit of Scafell Massif in Cumbria. According to what was written Supermarine Engineering were going to rebuild the fuselage.My question is did any of this ever happen,what became of it and what was the identity of the Spitfire?
By: D1566 - 30th April 2012 at 10:46
‘The recovered parts are with Mark Harris of Supermarine Aero Engineering, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, who continues to store them but has the long-term intention of restoring it to flight status.’
Mark
Thanks, much appreciate the info 🙂
By: Ken - 30th April 2012 at 08:57
Mark has just completed a Seafire XVI fuselage so now has all the formers and jigs sorted to restore 611, he was talking of making a start on it this year which will be great.
Ken
By: Sopwith - 29th April 2012 at 19:33
Thank you everyone for the gen much appreciated.
By: Mark12 - 29th April 2012 at 19:07
Can we get a clue as to its current status or is it a case of waiting for the book?
‘The recovered parts are with Mark Harris of Supermarine Aero Engineering, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, who continues to store them but has the long-term intention of restoring it to flight status.’
Mark
By: D1566 - 29th April 2012 at 17:15
Can we get a clue as to its current status or is it a case of waiting for the book?
By: Mark12 - 29th April 2012 at 12:40
And by a strange coincidence I have just laid out the page for SL611 for the upcoming Volume II ! (Working on SL721 right now)
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By: G-ORDY - 29th April 2012 at 12:24
And by a strange coincidence I have just laid out the page for SL611 for the upcoming Volume II ! (Working on SL721 right now)
By: D1566 - 29th April 2012 at 12:19
Which was actually a Mk XVI.
By: D1566 - 29th April 2012 at 11:57
SL611 I believe.
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