Isn’t it fair to say just about all flying spitfires are reproductions? After all the first off the production line of each type is the original, all the rest are copies. Now to say its a genuine 1940’s Spitfire is a bit like the proverbial 10 year old sweeping brush that has had 3 new handles and 4 new heads is still a sweeping brush but is it a 10 year old one? Speaking personally it matters not if its a new build or one built from parts that have been restored from a 70 year old original Airframe, it still fills me with the same awe and admiration of those who flew them in the 1940’s. But again I suppose if I was selling or buying one then the amount of history associated with an individual Aircraft should have some influence on the price, even if it’s down to the odd genuine data plate.
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