inside rolls hangar at filton(thanx warbird!)

G-RRGN was built in 1944 as was the MkVIII & Miss Helen
Cheers……………….

Thanks for the information.
The PR 19 is my favourite Spit.
Absolutely Beautiful !!!
(Very) Close second is the FR.47 over in the US.
🙂

Unless you want to fly backwards, yes :p

BTW, has anyone noticed how many of the props on Discovery Wings are turning in the wrong direction??? 😀
Cheers…………..

& what are these ‘reputation points’ all about ?????? :confused:

Was the PR19 flying at D-day or was it built afterwards ?

G-RRGN was built in 1944 as was the MkVIII & Miss Helen
Cheers……………….

Irregularity? The PR.XIX is incorrectly trestled.

?????
You make do with what you have! So what’s the problem?? :confused:
At the time of the picture the tail jack & strut were out as were 50% of the wing bolts! accessory gearbox, R/H aileron & the injector diaphram! so there was a fair bit going on, plus cam & finger replacement on Miss Helen. PR.XIX was test flown on Saturday morning, then a splash of petrol & up to East Midlands with the P51 for the big Rolls Royce Bash. Not enough hours in the day! so I’m sorry if we had the tressles in the wrong position, we’ll try harder next time for you all. 😉
Cheers……….. 🙂

lol yes thats right the stubs are both handed the same, thankyou for the trivia warbird!

Just shows how totally unobservant I have been over the years!

Does the Griffon engine always rotate in the opposite direction to the Merlin?

Unless you want to fly backwards, yes :p

Irregularity? The PR.XIX is incorrectly trestled.

Cor, I think WUK would have something to say about that. What do you not like about their trestling (which I suspect is still in progress)?

Does the Griffon engine always rotate in the opposite direction to the Merlin?

Is the forklift in the background incorrectly parked?

Irregularity? The PR.XIX is incorrectly trestled.

OK, I think its that the exhaust stubs on one side of the Mk8 point up and on the other side point down.

There was a batch of these around 10 years ago or so!

Any good?

Bruce

I’m pretty sure there were at least a few XIX’s operating over Normandy and carrying invasion stripes.

I can find a good pic of a Spit XIX with full D-Day stripes if someone doesn’t do it first!

I just checked – it had invasion stripes last year too, so it can’t be that….

I’m pretty sure there were at least a few XIX’s operating over Normandy and carrying invasion stripes.

Was the PR19 flying at D-day or was it built afterwards ?

A late mark P.R. Spitfire with d-day stripes?

thanx

lol yup, but…..nope thats not the irregularity….:)

Nice photos. Think I’ve spotted the irregularity. Miss Helen still has a Breitling Fighters logo?