Spitfire TE184 changes hands

What sort of thing Roobarb! Modifications and upgrades? Or just generall TLC.
Alan

Well I’m sure the new owner and PPS would consider that privilaged information, so let’s just say a lot of TLC and some other considerations that require some engineering application, the result of which should hopefully see this neglected aeroplane put into an airworthy condition befitting the types much loved status in the warbird world and on this forum.
How’s that for a quote 😉

TE184 was dismantled by a team of Duxford based engineers and staff from PPS at Booker over the last two weeks. It departed DX yesterday (Thursday 26th) by road, bound for Booker and an in-depth overhaul. It sounds as if they’re going to do all the things some of us have wanted for it for years. 🙂

What sort of thing Roobarb! Modifications and upgrades? Or just generall TLC.
Alan

If someone spots her at DX this weekend you’ll probably see root fairings and cowls etc off, so I was informed, so don’t expect any engine runs soon.
Tom

From 21 Oct when I was down there. Red Merlin 😮 😮 😮

Brian

TE184 was dismantled by a team of Duxford based engineers and staff from PPS at Booker over the last two weeks. It departed DX yesterday (Thursday 26th) by road, bound for Booker and an in-depth overhaul. It sounds as if they’re going to do all the things some of us have wanted for it for years. 🙂

For the camera of John Dibbs .

TE184

Hello
Another photo from a US mag from summer 2005.

Flightjournal.com

Flight Journal special summer 2005 Spitfire

Spitfire TE184

Hello
On 3rd May 1998, at the Duxford Spitfire Airshow, TE184 was in the flypast of the formation of 16 Spitfires, it formed Green section with MH434, PV202 and PL965. This was the biggest since WWII. In May 1999, TE184 appeared in 308th Fighter Squadron USAAF Mediterranean Theatre of Operations colours representing VIII ‘Fargo Express’ as flown by Captain Leland.P.Holland this was temporary(wash-off)for special photo shoot flown by Norman Lees(R.I.P. 4.8.2000, PV202).

Joe,

I understand that the link below details some more recent work by Alan Purdy’s company.

http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/bbmf/news.html

The link contains a nice piece of news concerning the re-fitting of authentic exhaust stacks to the BBMF Hurricanes and early Spitfires. PZ865 has had hers fitted and the remainder are to follow next year apparantly. It will certainly be nice to see 350 and 910 with the proper ‘cans’ as the news piece calls them (cannot say I have heard that term used in this context before though)!

Trent Aero are still in existence and are based at East Midlands Airport.
I think they did a lot of pioneering work in the early days of Spitfire restorations, restoring many sets of wings and several complete aircraft. Increasingly though, the Spitfire side of the business became more of a ‘side line’. IIRC the last aircraft they completed was MJ730. They are still in the aircraft business doing a lot of sub-contract work for Companies such as Rolls Royce and BAE.

Incidentally I was speaking to the chap who completed the restoration of TE 184 this morning, (Alan Purdy), and he mentioned he still has the original instrument panel. So if the new owner would like the cockpit restoring to the original spec then get in touch!

Joe,

I understand that the link below details some more recent work by Alan Purdy’s company.

http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/bbmf/news.html

More information about TE184 can be found here,

www.angelfire.com/hi5/spitfiremk2a/my-history-te184.html

Well worth a look 🙂

According to the CAA website Rob Lamplough’s mark 8 is showing a potential change of ownership in progress

This could simply be putting it under the banner of a different company but still owned by Robs. The Arial Museum Ltd, the N Weald based company that have neen the ‘owners’ for many years are no longer based there so all this may just be administrative. This would bring the Spitfire in to line with G-BIXL, the P-51, registered under his own name.

Trent Aero are still in existence and are based at East Midlands Airport.
I think they did a lot of pioneering work in the early days of Spitfire restorations, restoring many sets of wings and several complete aircraft. Increasingly though, the Spitfire side of the business became more of a ‘side line’. IIRC the last aircraft they completed was MJ730. They are still in the aircraft business doing a lot of sub-contract work for Companies such as Rolls Royce and BAE.

Incidentally I was speaking to the chap who completed the restoration of TE 184 this morning, (Alan Purdy), and he mentioned he still has the original instrument panel. So if the new owner would like the cockpit restoring to the original spec then get in touch!

TE184 changes hands

I understand this aircraft was restored in the late 1980s by a company called Trent Aero at East Midlands. Could someone please give some information about them as I understand they no longer exist.

French Spitfire

Hello
This picture this from another site

As far as I know she has ‘wet wings’, though YAK11FAN probably knows more on this with his experience of this Spit. If someone spots her at DX this weekend you’ll probably see root fairings and cowls etc off, so I was informed, so don’t expect any engine runs soon.

Tom

The TLC has begun. 🙂

Mark

[QUOTE=Bradburger]One thing I did notice was that she was fitted with 85 gallon (I’m sure that’s what the stencils said) wing tanks and what looked like non standard skins (no gun bays) on the top of the wing.

Any one have any more info on this mod?
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As far as I know she has ‘wet wings’, though YAK11FAN probably knows more on this with his experience of this Spit. If someone spots her at DX this weekend you’ll probably see root fairings and cowls etc off, so I was informed, so don’t expect any engine runs soon.

Tom

The very same.

Hi All,

Is ‘TE184’ the aircraft that was in the possession of the ‘Ulster Folk & Transport Museum’ many years ago?

Mk 12

What were the dates of your colour photos of TE184?

MM

10th September 2000 – DX.

mark

Umm, if I remember right the DX BofB anniversary show was 7-8 September? I was there on the Sunday, whatever date that was!