The owners of Mk XII Spitfire EN224 have asked me to announce the rebuild contract for this historic aircraft has been given to Air Leasing Limited and upon completion will be flown from Bentwaters. The registration is being re-activated today.
This following on from the recovery of the crashed wreck of EN223 last week is an amazing coincidence.
Mark
By: Zac Yates - 19th May 2022 at 00:45
Airfix has reissued their 1/48 Spitfire Mk.XII kit so I’m curious: has anyone any updates to share of EN224/G-FXII’s restoration?
By: David Burke - 9th July 2019 at 19:25
Out of interest – was the MK.XII rudder shipped out – just curious what it ended up on
By: David Burke - 9th July 2019 at 17:38
Hmm – I had forgotten how old this thread is ! Pretty sad that substancial parts were seperated from each other.
By: Mark12 - 9th July 2019 at 17:38
Didnt the Spitfire built for the Portuguese Air Force museum end up with some MK.XII parts in it?
Yes. The tail unit of EN224 was shipped out to South Africa initially for the airworthy rebuild of Mk IX MA793, however the tail plane spars had been sectioned at Cranfield or Salford and another route was taken. Atlas in South Africa were commissioned to build a Mk IX for the Portuguese Beaufighter swap and used the tail unit of EN224 in there static restoration of ML255.
Mark
By: Sopwith - 9th July 2019 at 17:33
David see post #8
By: David Burke - 9th July 2019 at 17:13
Didnt the Spitfire built for the Portuguese Air Force museum end up with some MK.XII parts in it?
By: Mark12 - 9th July 2019 at 07:36
I’m interested as to whether it’s being built with a retractable tailwheel and some of the other Mk VIII refinements or as it came out of the factory, as I’ve read that modifications were made to the ENxxx aircraft in MUs or at a squadron level once the MBxxx machines were being built – or something along those lines.
Tail unit has been sourced from a Mk IX/XVI with fixed tail wheel.
Mark
By: Lythronax - 8th July 2019 at 23:30
I’m interested as to whether it’s being built with a retractable tailwheel and some of the other Mk VIII refinements or as it came out of the factory, as I’ve read that modifications were made to the ENxxx aircraft in MUs or at a squadron level once the MBxxx machines were being built – or something along those lines.
By: Mark12 - 8th July 2019 at 22:55
Has it been G registered yet?
G-FXII on the 4th of December 1989
By: Black Knight - 8th July 2019 at 22:40
Has it been G registered yet?
By: danjama - 8th February 2019 at 17:39
Still progressing with the AL boys at Graceland 🙂 http://airleasing.co.uk/?page_id=50
That is good news. One to really look forward to.
By: Sopwith - 8th February 2019 at 13:52
Yes I believe it should have a similar one.
By: D1566 - 8th February 2019 at 10:45
Does this aircraft have the same (seemingly) rare model of RR Griffon that SX336 has?
By: R4118 - 8th February 2019 at 10:18
Anyone know how far away from flight she is?
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 7th February 2019 at 16:45
Still progressing with the AL boys at Graceland 🙂 http://airleasing.co.uk/?page_id=50
By: danjama - 7th February 2019 at 15:44
Does anyone have any recent info on this project?
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