Hi all,
Saw this at WIX and figured some here might like to know:
4 July: A 1943 Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire VC, N5TF (s/n JG891), departed the paved runway during a landing in Marana, Arizona, USA. The pilot was not injured. Damage to the aircraft is unknown.
I got the above information from the warbird alley website… Any details on how bad the damage is ? Very thankful the pilot is not injured !!!
Mike
This is the aircraft restored in New Zealand and the UK, which flew for a while with a Vokes filter. As Mike said, very glad to hear the pilot was ok!
By: AnthonyG - 21st May 2018 at 03:37
Thanks John, appreciate the update.
Would be nice to see her fly again with that big Volkes Filter re-fitted hopefully.
Cheers
Anthony
By: QldSpitty - 20th May 2018 at 06:06
No hope of having her in RAAF colours then.. 🙁
By: JohnTerrell - 20th May 2018 at 02:57
Anthony, I’m not sure if you already have known of it or not, but JG891 is back in England again, as of last year, receiving attention and was put back on the UK registry. I don’t know how far from flying again it is. (It swapped countries with one of the owner’s other Spitfires, EP122, which is now in the US.) BTW, Dan’s Spitfire Mk.IX ML417 was displayed and flown at the Planes of Fame Airshow a couple weeks ago.
By: AnthonyG - 19th May 2018 at 23:57
Just curious if anyone has heard anything on JG891 and how she is?
Cheers
Anthony
By: Chad Veich - 7th July 2017 at 02:15
I thought the same thing about ML417 when I viewed the video Daz. I had the pleasure of seeing 417 shortly after being imported into the USA and thought the clipped wings made it really stand out. Of course back then I think clipped wing Spits were few and far between. They certainly were here in the USA! Also, could you imagine a Spitfire being converted from a two seater back to single seat in this day and age? Different times for sure.
By: DazDaMan - 7th July 2017 at 01:50
A shame to hear that about JG891, although I’m surprised to see ML417 fitted with her wingtips in that video – I always liked the clipped-wing look.
By: Zac Yates - 6th July 2017 at 23:55
Me too Chad, it was neat to see that combination finally appear on the scene, however briefly.
Thanks for that John – she looks rather nice in that scheme too. Hopefully any damage is easily, and cheaply, repaired.
By: Chad Veich - 6th July 2017 at 22:24
Possibly it was headed to Chino from its home base in Texas? They seem to like to avoid the big airports when transiting through Arizona so places like Marana, Flagstaff, Safford, Goodyear, etc. are popular fuel stops. Really hopin’ that the damage, if any, is minimal and easily repaired.
PS – I thought the Vokes filter and desert camo were spectacular, sorry to see them gone.
By: JohnTerrell - 6th July 2017 at 22:10
Although very rarely seen, it is is one of my favorites, and has been painted in Robert Stanford Tuck (RS-T) markings since being repainted from its previous desert markings (one of six Spitfires owned by Comanche Fighters – three in the US, three in the UK). I wonder what the reason was for it to be away from its home base/Comanche Ranch (and Dan Friedkin of course has been in England).
A brief clip of JG891 flying, with another of Comanche Fighters’ Spitfires, ML417, in Texas, was just recently posted to Instagram by the group that was documenting the “Berlin Express” flight: https://www.instagram.com/p/BWGnuCXHMsL/?taken-by=pursuit.aviation&hl=en
A screen capture from one of the ASB videos from several years ago when it was operating with clipped wingtips for a time.
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