Interesting – and I’m fairly confident one of their answers is wrong or at least ambiguous.

They say the age of majority was lowered to 18 in 1969. Possibly that’s when the law or whatever was passed but a mate of mine was 18 on 31/12/69 but wasn’t an adult until the following day.

Pedantic mode on.

As far as I’m aware, BAe Brough aren’t a descendant of the original manufacturer. Since Sir Fred wouldn’t join in with any other aircraft builders, the MoD wouldn’t give him any orders and Handley-Page went broke.
To be fair, I don’t know if one of the surviving companies bought the assets to make it technically true.

Pedantic mode off.

I think it’s a Halifax too.

I think this was discussed previously. I believe it’s one of only 2 MkIII Swordfish left.

Turkey’s not in the EU yet John, everybody’s still arguing ferociously about it.
I’m sure our government will find a way of charging handsomely for the privilege of importing it.

That’s the chap that reckoned he’s got the record for the highest ever speed in a Spitfire, according to an Aeroplane Monthly article a few years back.

…and a big tail.

I think there was a previous thread saying the nose had survived. IIRC there was a pic showing it without the radome.

Somewhere I’ve got some pics I took at a Hatfield display many years ago. I can’t remember offhand if they were any good, or where they are.

….four-blader Mosquitos even more lethal than usual on one engine.

Strange – Geoffrey de Havilland’s party trick was upward rolls on one engine and there are numerous reports of returning from ops with an engine out. The Mossie’s one of the few twins that seems to have little trouble flying on one.

Reading the Spiteful page on that site, and without referring to any books I have here, it says the first prototype Spiteful, NN660, was a converted MK.XIV and NN664 was the first true Spiteful. No mention of if there were any others between, however.

Victor was originally proposed as the name for what became the Spitfire F.21, I don’t recall hearing it was proposed for the Spiteful as well. Looks like somebody really wanted to use it.