Seafire MB293 is now on the UK Registry

…and to think that when that clip was broadcast there were just a handful of Spits flying….

And also consider that at the time, most of the bits and pieces strewn over the driveway were only about 25 years old!

I can’t believe she would say or do such a thing 🙂 .

Back to Seafires ,what is the status of her now,this is dated 2002 http://www.warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry/seafire-la564.html

I am more sophisticated 🙂
back to Seafires please

Sue Lawley ?? – I thought Blondie and Kate Bush dominated mens walls in the 1970s !

Please no one look up the rumor about Sue Lawley !

as an aside I must admit to have pictures of her on my wall in the mid 70s, wot a cracker

Ah yes, Biggles – snigger!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoBMzpAvlG4&feature=em-share_video_user

Brings back memories of working in Chris Warrillos garage in Bourne End on similar fuselage. And of watching Nationwide!

Sue Lawley, 70’s fashion, music from the Battle of Britain, Nationwide and a Vauxhall worker with a touch of Arthur Daley about him.

absolute classic. :-).

So what ever happened to Biggles?
Did LA564 ever get to Newark?
Did the Seafire ever fly again?

For answers to these and many more questions tune into a Forum near you.

…and to think that when that clip was broadcast there were just a handful of Spits flying, no dedicated warbird restoration companies in the UK, no Internet to surf to locate parts, people or information.

How things have changed, including the colour of Biggles’ hair and the length of his wife’s skirts. 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoBMzpAvlG4&feature=em-share_video_user

Brings back memories of working in Chris Warrillos garage in Bourne End on similar fuselage. And of watching Nationwide!

how long to rebuild a Spitfire, with all the know how around ??

Woodbridge, I was asked if I’d like to take the lead on one of the G2 Spitfires some time ago, and I asked what kind of restoration they wanted. Total authenticity wasn’t required, so that would bring the time down significantly. Besides money, you’d still need manpower though, and as a one man show (which it would have been) this would take a significant amount of time. You pays your money etc….

Hi ttrimmings no i didnt, it must be another Steve.

Steve”P”

MB293 – ‘Thin but robust’.

Recovery in Malta, April 1994

Image by Mike Eastman.

Doesn’t look like many if any parts will be used in the ‘restoration’ at least it’s got the data plate.

That’s a lot of Seafire there.

Was this an aircraft dumped over the side of a carrier, or a ditching?

Steve,did you work with Chris Warrillo on spits?I used to help him…

Was there anything salvaged from the Jack Malloch accident?

Changing back to the subject (Seafire). Kennet’s Seafire 46 LA564 is to be restored but it’s wings are to be used for Seafire XVII SX300.

Pardon my ignorance, but aren’t the Seafire XVII’s wings the original shape, compared to the later-mark Seafire? :confused:

Really these are ‘the (earlier type folding) wings that came with the project’ rather than the actual wings for that aircraft.

New wings need to be sourced for the Seafire 46. Being similar to the Spitfire 21 series. Can a set be sourced or will these have to be new built, and and in that case being a first (Jack Malloch’s 22 was refurbished I believe and TFC’s example is substantially complete)?

Both in a way – you source an original set to borrow, rebuild them and in the process create a jig and copy all the components to give one refurbished and one ‘new’ set of wings.

Pardon my ignorance, but aren’t the Seafire XVII’s wings the original shape, compared to the later-mark Seafire? :confused:

Changing back to the subject (Seafire). Kennet’s Seafire 46 LA564 is to be restored but it’s wings are to be used for Seafire XVII SX300. New wings need to be sourced for the Seafire 46. Being similar to the Spitfire 21 series. Can a set be sourced or will these have to be new built, and and in that case being a first (Jack Malloch’s 22 was refurbished I believe and TFC’s example is substantially complete)?

Any idea’s

Cheers

Cees

ok, i rest my case, just thought i’ll “stir the pot” and see if any more info was forthcoming on ‘resting’ Spits, you can not have enough Spits !!!!!!!!!!!
changing the subject – be nice to get a Mossie back over here, one day perhaps

ok, RM927 been kicking around since, say 1986, likewise RM694 say 1986 – 1998, how many Spit’s have flown in that time frame 1986 – 2008, i’m sure there’s a expert out there who can answer that one ??
was’nt MV262 on her wheels at Booker at some stage, again started say
1988 ??
i only mentioned SX336 since she has about the same ‘time’ frame, and a lovely beast she is too

When I first (and last) saw MV262 (waaaaay back in 1996) she was still very much in bits, and probably still in the same state as she was recovered – i.e., disassembled.

Also, to answer your first question, at least 20 Spits have flown since 1986. Some are still with us, some aren’t.

It would depend on how much of the aeroplane needs work, how much of the structure you have to begin with, and how much MONEY you have, before you can get it in the air…

The time taken to rebuild an aircraft depends very much on the resources available at the time and the amount of money thrown at a project.
I wasn’t aware that G2 had owned these aircraft back in the 80’s.

ok, RM927 been kicking around since, say 1986, likewise RM694 say 1986 – 1998, how many Spit’s have flown in that time frame 1986 – 2008, i’m sure there’s a expert out there who can answer that one ??
was’nt MV262 on her wheels at Booker at some stage, again started say
1988 ??
i only mentioned SX336 since she has about the same ‘time’ frame, and a lovely beast she is too