I think discretion was the better part of valour in the case of the desert spit, as he decided to go around after that last bounce; one of the Luftwaffe (probably a reenactor but you never really know) told me he had a mag out, and whether true or not I was very relieved to see him down next time round.

The canopy release ball is mounted to the canopy itself, the cables run from that to the release pins, all of which goes with the canopy, when jettisoned,

[I”This entire farce looks like they may find Gillespium”. I]

Is that like “the square route of Rick”?

Hi Elliot, Martin Philips was knocking out frames a while ago , he may have a few left, Likewise Mr Adlam, also I believe the Boultbee group were/are producing a spitfire simulator, they maybe able to help; most of these non airworthy frames are made out of NS4 (5152?) perfectly strong enough to take it’s own weight! in fact it’s actually quite difficult to get “soft” aluminium these days as almost all of it is heat treated to T6 hardness

What you can say in these enlightened times, is very little of the trinket size of items will go for scrap, and most will find their way to an appreciative collector

Indeed nice to see a less glamorous role displayed to the public.

“I think subtle humour is often missed here”

It is indeed sadly missed…………….

Just out of interest, what night was it on? as I completely missed it first time round; was it a Sunday, as the sound of the pub calling would have completely drowned out the TV ………