By: Wyvernfan - 20th October 2015 at 20:10
“A Bombay ****ehawk would of left more on it than that” 😀
Rob
By: snafu - 20th October 2015 at 19:38
Surely all they’d need is a dataplate – it works for Spitfires!
By: CeBro - 20th October 2015 at 06:59
Next question,
Is there enough material around to fully restore the second Firefly? Apart from a large sack of money?
Outer wings, etc?
Cees
By: CeBro - 20th October 2015 at 06:58
That would be the remains of the wrecks recovered from Curacao some years ago. Pic in an earlier thread.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?88647-Post-your-Firefly-pictures-here&p=1465903#post1465903
Hoi Eric,
Yes, that’s the one. Forgot about that thread.
Cees
By: Pen Pusher - 19th October 2015 at 22:18
For the record the other Firefly was not “extensively spares recovered”. There really was very little material that was of any great use
June 2004
Brian
By: Robbo - 19th October 2015 at 21:27
You were lucky to see it Rob, I think it has spent most of the time in storage for the past few years
It came out of storage in 2012 according to http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/fairey-firefly-tt1-z2033/2-4-66.aspx
By: Mike J - 19th October 2015 at 20:55
No it isn’t, it was a straight exchange for the AV-8A Harrier now in IWM North in Manchester
By: Herbert1 - 19th October 2015 at 20:33
The IWM Firefly is on loan to Yeovilton
By: Mothminor - 19th October 2015 at 20:17
You were lucky to see it Rob, I think it has spent most of the time in storage for the past few years
It was on display when we were there in July. Thought it was a great name!
By: Mike J - 19th October 2015 at 19:24
You were lucky to see it Rob, I think it has spent most of the time in storage for the past few years
By: Robbo - 19th October 2015 at 19:13
Hoping the IWM batttle “Evlyn Tensions” might make a re-apperance
Unlikely, since the IWM traded Z2033 “Evelyn Tentions” to the Fleet Air Arm Museum fifteen years ago.
Fairey Firefly Mk 1 – Yeovilton October 2009 by Rob Leigh, on Flickr
By: Mike J - 19th October 2015 at 19:10
Great to hear that the Firefly is being worked on. Is the Lysander progressing too Roobarb?
By: Roobarb - 19th October 2015 at 19:05
Hi All,
How come ARC sold the second Firefly ? I thought the idea was to restore the better of the two to airworthiness and keep the second as a spares ship ?Geoff.
You might have thought that, but then you have never been actually involved in the project. The more complete Firefly was retained and the incomplete example was used as part of a deal to bring a substantially complete Spitfire IX project the other way for potential restoration to fly. The original more complete Firefly has been under survey and now restoration at Duxford for a number of years and it’s not a new happening. For the record the other Firefly was not “extensively spares recovered”. There really was very little material that was of any great use and the retained airframe is almost complete anyway. I am sure it will be a project to keep an eye on as it makes steady progress. Research into it’s original scheme is on-going…
Oh and the other example is not “stored on site”, it’s in the Netherlands.
By: ericmunk - 19th October 2015 at 16:31
I was told that when received there were plans to restore it to resemble a MLD Firefly I using tailparts from a crashed example.
Cees
That would be the remains of the wrecks recovered from Curacao some years ago. Pic in an earlier thread.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?88647-Post-your-Firefly-pictures-here&p=1465903#post1465903
By: Sabrejet - 19th October 2015 at 16:25
The ‘Battle’ that is a Firefly, you mean?
No – the battle is us trying to keep it unrestored!
The Firefly that is 🙂
By: CeBro - 19th October 2015 at 15:49
I was told that when received there were plans to restore it to resemble a MLD Firefly I using tailparts from a crashed example.
That was before the financial difficulties that Aviodrome suffered unfortunately. A restored Firefly would surely fill a much needed
hole in our Dutch heritage. Soesterberg would be a safer bet now, but if there are plans to transfer/exchange it I don’t know.
(wishful thinking perhaps)
Cees
By: ericmunk - 19th October 2015 at 13:51
It was extensively spares recovered before it went to Lelystad (where it is in storage now) as part of the Spitfire deal.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th October 2015 at 13:25
:eagerness:
By: snafu - 19th October 2015 at 13:21
Hoping the IWM batttle “Evlyn Tensions” might make a re-apperance
The ‘Battle’ that is a Firefly, you mean?
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th October 2015 at 12:54
Hi All,
How come ARC sold the second Firefly ? I thought the idea was to restore the better of the two to airworthiness and keep the second as a spares ship ?Geoff.
Wasn’t it part of a deal that resulted in Spitfire MJ271 coming the other way?
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?61128-Duxford-Firefly-on-the-move/page3
Hoping the IWM batttle “Evlyn Tensions” might make a re-apperance
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