Data plate special Spitfire?

I’d have one.

I’ve got a data plate and a crate of bits, just don’t know the identity…

For me it’s all quite simple.

I paid and I saw it fly.
If I want to see it flay again, I pay again.

Having a flying Vulcan is priceless, something that seemed impossible just a short while ago. Some of us need to remember how lucky we are.

Bring on G-AIDN, surely an authentic civvy scheme if ever there was one..

🙂

Shame, I was just about to say ‘best post ever’…

I’d better not now.

Must be a hell of a book

That’s me ‘told’ 🙂

Thanks!

Just off to the Biggin Hill RAF Chapel.

Got my stiff upper lip ready – I’ll need it.

Blue skies everyone.

There’s a picture in either ‘Biggin on the bump’ or ‘ The ghosts of Biggin Hill’ (I get them both mixed up) of one of the funeral processions resulting from one of the raids in August 1940

ok as a complete and utter spitfire novice whats the difference between all these marks?:confused:

I can tell the difference between a two seater and a single seater but why all the different canopy designs?(for the 2 seaters):confused:

The larger rear canopy is intended to give the back seat instructing pilot some forward vision.

The small rear canopy dates from the 80s when Nick Grace restored ML407. Perhaps he based this on a field modified MKIX that the Russians had in WW2. Some subsequent restorations have also used this idea – it looks better as it is lower, preserving more of the classic spitfire shape, but the view is said to be much worse than the large style and headroom is at a premium for taller people.

Anyway that’s the ‘why’. There are really only two styles you need to be aware of – small and large. Unless of course you spot a certain MKV with an extra front cockpit when digging in old books!