Spitfire IX MK356 of the BBMF made a successful test flight in the hands of OC BBMF, Sqn Ldr Al Pinner, at Duxford today following overhaul and wing re-spar by The Aircraft Restoration Company. I have to say the silver scheme looks stunning and is an unusual, but authentic choice which should prove popular with the photographers…:)
Congratulations to all involved 😉
By: Ontario-Warbird - 3rd July 2008 at 23:46
Very nice, but then again what Spitfire is not nice:)
Cheers Dave C
By: Pen Pusher - 3rd July 2008 at 22:11
She is coming back to BBMF tomorrow take off from Duxford about 15.00hrs and she hopefully will be at Legends
Spookily enough I shall be at Duxford Tomorrow. 😀
Brian
By: Roobarb - 3rd July 2008 at 21:55
So the other three flights were unsuccessful then……:diablo:
We were just showing you that ours is flying and yours isn’t…:p
By: Fluffy - 3rd July 2008 at 21:02
She is coming back to BBMF tomorrow take off from Duxford about 15.00hrs and she hopefully will be at Legends
By: Bograt - 3rd July 2008 at 20:43
Spitfire IX MK356 of the BBMF made a successful test flight in the hands of OC BBMF, Sqn Ldr Al Pinner, at Duxford today
So the other three flights were unsuccessful then……:diablo:
By: GliderSpit - 3rd July 2008 at 20:38
Yes, great news. Will this be the one at Legends ? (It’s already at DX)
By: Mark12 - 3rd July 2008 at 19:57
Glad you all like the new scheme…
By: Fluffy - 3rd July 2008 at 19:31
Full span wing now? Not clipped?
Yes full span but we have the option to go clipped when we want.
Glad you all like the new scheme and many thanks to Voy tech for supplying the original pictures to get the scheme/ markings right.
By: Dan Johnson - 3rd July 2008 at 19:16
Full span wing now? Not clipped?
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd July 2008 at 15:03
Great news. 🙂
By: Mark12 - 3rd July 2008 at 13:35
What makes this 601 Squadron scheme interesting, and perhaps even unique, is that it is a natural metal/silver scheme on a European theatre Spitfire during WWII hostilities.
Mark
By: DazDaMan - 3rd July 2008 at 12:25
Or UK post war though whether any IX/XVI’s remined in RAF service post war I can’t remember.
An old favourite from my model collection – RW396.
![<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/DazDaMan/Models/RW396.jpg" alt="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/DazDaMan/Models/RW396.jpg" style=";" />](<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/DazDaMan/Models/RW396.jpg" alt="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/DazDaMan/Models/RW396.jpg" style=";" />)
By: mike currill - 3rd July 2008 at 12:20
Italy.
Or UK post war though whether any IX/XVI’s remined in RAF service post war I can’t remember.
By: VoyTech - 3rd July 2008 at 12:13
Great to see MK356 back in the air. Congratulations to all who worked to achieve that!
And also great to see yet another Polish-related scheme on a BBMF fighter – it’s three (perhaps three and a half) now.
By: Mark12 - 3rd July 2008 at 09:01
A pleasant change from camo Spits.
Excuse my ignorance, but what theatre of ops were silver spits used, I notice on Robbos picture reference, that the photo of the original aircraft had a bomb underneath, now that would look nice on this one. Germany, late in the war?I assume that they were originally simply unpainted whereas this has silver paint for protection, presumably.
Italy.
By: Pete Truman - 3rd July 2008 at 08:51
A pleasant change from camo Spits.
Excuse my ignorance, but what theatre of ops were silver spits used, I notice on Robbos picture reference, that the photo of the original aircraft had a bomb underneath, now that would look nice on this one. Germany, late in the war?
I assume that they were originally simply unpainted whereas this has silver paint for protection, presumably.
By: 92fis - 2nd July 2008 at 23:06
Looks superb, well done Roobarb and team.
By: DazDaMan - 2nd July 2008 at 22:59
That’s the dog’s danglies!
Well done, ARCo! 🙂
By: Bluebird Mike - 2nd July 2008 at 22:12
Great stuff- but does it fly straight now?! 😀
By: Roobarb - 2nd July 2008 at 22:04
And here…:)
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