Cheers, ordered my copy on that sunny ???????? very wet day at Duxford. I was standing in the Upper Barracas gardens when the pair came in over grand harbourd last September so another couple of weeks/months wont make any difference.

All i can say is that if you were not there you missed one of the best airshow/flypast moments that i have ever seen and i have been attending shows since ’78. If you werent there, buy this dvd.

Rob,

I was more than likely stood not far from you! 😮 I always thought that a ‘Legends’ balbo was the most emmotional aviation thing I could ever witness….until last September, it was sensational!

Read Fortress Malta! Buy this DVD!

Also at the next Duxford show the Malta team usually have a stand, go talk to them. A great bunch of people, very friendly. These guys done an amazing job!

I have the Corgi models, on my mantle piece and they always remind me of that beautiful week last September

Would you prefer them to ground an airworthy one and nail it to a pole on the gate?

I think the ‘home’ of the Spitfire is certainly doing it’s fair share of keeping and returning Spitfires to the sky where they belong.

IWM’s ‘real’ Spitfire is about to go one better and be hung from the rafters of the scandolous AIRSPACE. Along with many other rare types….all in the name of preserving our aviation heritage.

I think you’ll find those keeping the Spitfires in the air are the private owners/operators and not IWM.

It can not be cheap carting that thing around the country, I am interested to know at what cost? The idea of PR is to hook people in not take them what they think is ‘The finished article’…..

I wish IWM all the best with it im sure it will do them a good turn….I’d imagine it will get towed, in a similar manor to a CARAVAN! :rolleyes:

Not so much educational as promotional. The road part is accurate though.

Sounds Expensive! Shipping that around the country…. 🙁

Don’t Solent Sky do something Similar?

Flying over Grand Harbour last September it looked fantastic! One moment I’ll never forget.

A real shame they didn’t leave her in the Blue scheme for at least one season 🙁

Does anyone have evidence that the Spitfires used in Malta had blue paint on the top as part of their camouflage?
Some references state that they were painted blue on transit on the ferry carriers… And some decal manufacturers give you blue schemes, though I suspect those are only to sell their product and did not exist when the Spits were offloaded and put to operational use.

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Spitfires dispatched from USS Wasp on Operation Calander in April 1942 were indeed painted with a ‘Blue’ topside. This desicion was taken after the Wasp had left the UK so various paints were diluted and mixed (mainly USN Blue) and the Spitfires were given a rather crude finish. This was done to help them on there long flight across the med as they were originaly in camo. Not much use over the Med! As Mark V mentioned this was designed to be removed once on Malta however most of these Spitfires were lost within days of their arrival.

Merlins Over Malta did indeed represent this scheme for their adventure last year. Talking to one of the team at Duxford last year it’s important to point out that this blue was not an actual specific paint so no codes exsist for it, so its down to you to guess!

http://www.merlinsovermalta.com has more info!

I wonder where it landed?? 😀

I trust everyone was okay? 🙁

Plastic, yes (well, GRP), hung, no. It’s a marketing tool for which DX have big plans.

“STAND BACK THEN!” this will be interesting… 😀

Thanks Daviesi!

Glad the Reds approve!! 😀

They are looking good and look forward to seeing them this year at some point.

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