Seafire Mk.XV PR503- Any News?

That brings back some memories, must be at least 10 years ago now.

Photo of the engine running as mentioned by Oxcart earlier.

http://www.vintagefabrics.co.uk/completedjobs/pp972.html

AFAIK PP972 is now at Greenham Common, allegedly 😉 and was in Pacific Fleet colours when I saw her looking reasonably complete early this year.

Tom

Seafire

Thanks mark V!

Yes, thats the one- thanks for the Hardwick warbirds site link too, Yak-11 fan, not sure of the relevance,

Oxcart – the link is a ‘signature’ and appears under all Y11F’s posts 🙂

I just spend most of my spare time at Hardwick…

Seafire

Fair enough, Yak 11 fan!- to be honest, thought i’d missed something on the site!! (not entirely confident with the web -yet???!)- thanks for the info, anyway!:)

thanks for the Hardwick warbirds site link too, Yak-11 fan, not sure of the relevance, but always admired Mr Hammonds skill, anyway!!- shame there’s nothing about his current P-51D project though!:)

No relevance to the Seafire, very relevant to me however….

i remember seeing a pics some time ago but can’t find one for looking on the web. Any links?

What other seafires has Mr Manna got?

SEAFIRE

Yes, thats the one- thanks for the Hardwick warbirds site link too, Yak-11 fan, not sure of the relevance, but always admired Mr Hammonds skill, anyway!!- shame there’s nothing about his current P-51D project though!:)

is this the seafire in pacific fleet air arm livery?

Allegedly a jigging problem with the first of a number of restoration shops involved with the rebuild of this machine.

SEAFIRE

So, it was rebuilt, but they got it wrong???:confused:

I saw the dismantled fuselage in a Norfolk workshop circa four years ago.

Any idea how long ago, David?

If I can jump in with some info, the last news I had was back in 2004. At that time PP972’s various sections were in different parts of the country having rectification work done. I’ve no idea how far things have progressed since then.

There were quite a few problems with her first restoration, particularly with the wings which I think required a complete rebuild.

Thanks for the info on PR503, here’s hoping she’s on course for airworthiness in the not too distant future.

Seafire PP972

Any idea how long ago, David?

She was taken apart after that photograph and a rebuild started.

More Seafire news please!!

There’s a nice picture of Seafire 111 PP972 on the Vintage Fabrics website (with no date) apparently completed and having its engine run up- i seem to remember it was/is? with Wizzard Investments- does anyone out there know if it flew- or was it put straight into storage?- what a waste if thats the case! (hey, maybe i have a future in poetry!)

Wed Nov 14, 2007
daveymac82c wrote:
Mk XV (Seafire): PR503
‘Now under restoration with Ozark along with Seafire Mk XV PR462.’
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17219&sid=4d4f58d819074ed5ba0c96b41deffbfe