Does anybody have some up to date info on spitfire mj730?It was,for a while, my local spitfire and was one of the few that was painted in a ‘donated’ colour scheme,its original?It was owned by buisness David Penell and based at East Midlands airport and it was also painted on the side of the rafbfe trailer for a couple of years.
It was sold to the usa in I believe 2000,and that was the last I heard of it.Does anybody have any info on its current status and any photo’s?
Thanks alan.
By: airic - 22nd December 2004 at 01:41
Mark V keen eye. It sure is a lovely example. I also have some A2A of the FF Hurricane at http://www.airic.ca/html/hurricane_rcaf_5667.html
Enjoy,
Eric
By: Mark V - 21st December 2004 at 10:33
Lovely photos Eric. The P-40 is fabulous, I can confirm this from first hand experience and your photos really do it justice.
Just a point – only the last two photos show the Spitfire in its current paintwork (you can tell because it is less glossy)!
By: DazDaMan - 21st December 2004 at 08:37
Monsieur, with these photos you are really spoiling us!
🙂
By: Stieglitz - 21st December 2004 at 06:34
Nice Spitfire pics and info. Thanks guys.
PS: Nice link to the Fighter Factory too!
J.V.
By: airic - 21st December 2004 at 01:00
I did an air to air shoot a few years ago with Jerry and MJ730. You can view the images here http://www.airic.ca/html/spitfire_mj730.html
As well, I recently visited the Fighter Factory and you can see some of the images here http://www.airic.ca/html/fighter_factory.html
Happy Landings,
Eric
By: alanl - 20th December 2004 at 20:43
Sorry Janie!Thanks to you too.
By: Chipmunk Carol - 19th December 2004 at 22:51
That’s kind of you Bradburger. I was feeling all left out there.
It’s good to see that someone else is interested in this collection.
By: Bradburger - 19th December 2004 at 22:37
No probs Alan.
Anyway, you should thank Janie as it looks like she beat me to it! 😮
Cheers
Paul
By: alanl - 19th December 2004 at 21:51
Thanks Bradburger!All the info I wanted and more!
Cheers Alan.
By: Bradburger - 19th December 2004 at 21:42
Alan, Try here:
http://www.fighterfactory.net/
Of course our very own Airbedane used to fly it when it was based here.
Cheers
Paul
By: Chipmunk Carol - 19th December 2004 at 21:41
MJ730 is owned by Jerry Yegan. He owns the Fighter Factory based in Suffolk, Virginia.
It was repainted in November 2002 by some very nice 🙂 English people, with the same paint scheme, but, this time, totally authentically.
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