It’s official. Spitfires are still dangerous and ‘reasonably priced’.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10494166
By: mike currill - 1st March 2008 at 18:11
I don’t think he’s pushing his point at all, just voicing the opinion of thousands this side of the pond.
By: DCK - 1st March 2008 at 16:31
America is becoming a laughing stock in the world. Banning historic aircraft but nodody gives a damn about school massacres
I think you’re pusing your point a bit too far mate.
By: Peter - 1st March 2008 at 03:25
Spitfire TR9 Held up by US Customs
Of all the dumbest things ive heard of……………
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th February 2008 at 21:50
By that definition an Fu-24 topdresser originally designed as a ground strike aircraft for the war in Vietnam could be fitted with machine guns too.
Oh let’s not forget the Rheims F406, Piper Malibu, The EMB P110 Bandeirante, Hughes 500 helicopters, Piper Aztec…
Oh okay the Aztec is a hell of a stretch I agree… Scratch the Aztec.
Point is the machine guns in the Spitfire were replicas. You could take any high performance General Aviation aircraft and fit machine guns. So are they now going to ban all general aviation aircraft too …
Good then in future lets boycott all US built aircraft and lets buy French, or Russian made aircraft.
These guys have paranoia tattooed all over their knumbskull heads
America is becoming a laughing stock in the world. Banning historic aircraft but nodody gives a damn about school massacres
By: David Burke - 25th February 2008 at 21:36
‘Built in 1943’ !
By: Richard Smith - 25th February 2008 at 20:03
‘Common sense’ and ‘United States’? I don’t think so:)
By: merlin70 - 25th February 2008 at 07:37
How unusual. Red tape getting in the way of historic aviation.
Wait until they find out it can carry passengers, it will then be lumped into the same category as an airliner and will be restricted to fast taxi runs unless an insurance premium of:
Half its maximum take off weight multiplied by the number of engines, multiplied by the number of passengers carried and then divided by how many bureaucrats you know personally.
Best wishes to the owner and here’s hoping common sense prevails.
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February 25, 2008 at 12:29 am