TE311 To Fly This Year.

Never be sorry for posting some nice Spitfire XVI porn! 🙂

Ok right sorry to reserect this thread but TE311 got airborne yesterday for its first flight of the year, here it is after returning to Coningsby and taxiing towards the BBMF hangar

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE LFXVIE TE311 by Gaz West, on Flickr

Sepia version

http://www.flickr.com/photos/last_lightning/8593747867/

Great video, thanks for posting Mark. Been waiting to see this, and well worth the wait.

Great little film !

They seem to be shooting through perspex, but the video is still pretty good quality.

I flew in a mixed formation for Keith in the summer, and were like fish in a shoal !

Those Chipmunks look as though they are bolted together!

TE311 & two Chippies Air to Air

Richard Paver just pointed me at this:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdV2ZkySY4

Mark

Spitfire pornography:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-20715357

Fluffy – it’s wonderful to see how this project has progressed over the years – thanks for sharing the progress with us over the years, and I hope to see TE in the next year or so!

Who has been doing the test flying ?

Here is one more from our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151265795348622&set=o.216980461690308&type=1&relevant_count=1

Yer thats a no brainer, Duxford!!

I just didn’t want to presume that that’s all — home of the RAF operational Spitfire 30+ in a line up along with a few non flyers that would be a hela flightline walk !!!! :diablo: :dev2: 😎

Yer thats a no brainer, Duxford!!

I agree with that not bored at all please show more more more :D.

And here is a question/wish/idea how about organising an airshow along the lines of a gathering of Legends and Mustangs style for Spitfires. There must be at least 30+ Europe wide airworthy now with as many veterans as could be gathered the only question would be were to hold it ?

Not bored at all! 🙂

I know you are all bored with seeing pics of TE311 in flight, but I dont care, so heres a shot of her from yesterdays (29th) 20 minute flight

SPITFIRE LFXVIE TE311 by Gaz West, on Flickr

Big mistake in LLA Autumn mag, the new CO is Sqdn Ldr Duncan Mason.

Doh! I should have spotted their mistake myself! 😮
mmitch.

Long may she fly with the R A F,s finest.Congratulations to all involved.Almost 65yrs i think since a 16 flew with the flight.Which aircraft was the last mk16 they had on the flight?

TE476:-

…but on 10 September 1959 it was involved in a Cat.3R flying accident, radio failure followed by a belly landing in error in the hands of…

53 Years.

Mark

Long may she fly with the R A F,s finest.Congratulations to all involved.Almost 65yrs i think since a 16 flew with the flight.Which aircraft was the last mk16 they had on the flight?

In the LLA Autumn magazine, the new CO, Duncan Sampson says the scheme ‘represents a Hurricane 11c of 34 squadron While serving in SEAC usually flown by F/Lt Jimmy Whalen with his personal insignia on the nose.’
mmitch.

Big mistake in LLA Autumn mag, the new CO is Sqdn Ldr Duncan Mason.

In the LLA Autumn magazine, the new CO, Duncan Sampson says the scheme ‘represents a Hurricane 11c of 34 squadron While serving in SEAC usually flown by F/Lt Jimmy Whalen with his personal insignia on the nose.’
mmitch.

4D-V

What is the significance of these codes. 4D-V.

The RAF Museum (Reserve) Mk XVI RW393 bears the same codes!