By: Snoopy - 28th April 2003 at 14:25
Spitfire VIII and Wapiti
Ant — Any info Kabir has is more up to date than mine (I haven’t been to Delhi for a while), but some years ago the IAF Museum’s official position on the Spitfire VIII was that it was being “maintained in airworthy condition”, but not flown.
I know that’s something of a contradiction in terms, but at the time there seemed to be good reasons why the Museum was adopting that position, and I think it’s defendable.
AndyXH558 — I think that’s the rear fuselage of the Wapiti you can see, just, behind the nose of the Spitfire XVIII in Kabir’s third picture!
Regards,
Snoopy
By: KabirT - 27th April 2003 at 16:33
Originally posted by andyxh558
Kabir, thanks for the photos nice to know that the iaf museum is still going strong. do you by any chance have a picture of the westland wapiti that is on display there as i think it is the only one left in existence. many thanks:D
yes i do…i will scan and post it for you tommorow!
Ant yes that Spitfire is grounded for good.
By: andyxh558 - 27th April 2003 at 14:04
Kabir, thanks for the photos nice to know that the iaf museum is still going strong. do you by any chance have a picture of the westland wapiti that is on display there as i think it is the only one left in existence. many thanks:D
By: David Burke - 27th April 2003 at 13:15
Ant – It looks like a Canberra B(I) 58 whch was an export B(I)8
interdictor aircraft. From memory they were bought new by India and I think they also received some second hand.
The last complete one in the U.K was at Cosford but that was exported to the RNZAF museum in the 1990’s. The is a cockpit at Flixton -if you want to see a complete one the nearest is at Hermeskeil in Germany.
By: Ant.H - 27th April 2003 at 12:44
I’ll second that Kab,thanks for those 🙂 What model of Canberra is that? The single seat bomber/interdicter versions are now seriously rare,so it’s good to see this one.
Do you have any idea what’s happenned to the Mk.8 Spitfire which used to be flown by the IAF on special occasions?I haven’t heard of it flying for quite a while now,has it been grounded for good?
By: A330Crazy - 27th April 2003 at 11:53
Cheers for those Kab. Especially like the Canberra. 🙂 Some nice pics!!!
By: KabirT - 27th April 2003 at 10:01
Spitfire(Ashley this one badly needs polishing!:D )
By: KabirT - 27th April 2003 at 10:00
IAF Canberra
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