An amazing story of true strength of character!
My condolences to his family.

I, for one, am very glad they are out of PNG. I don’t think they would’ve survived otherwise….
And despite what Pacific Wrecks says, the recoveries were legit.

Fantastic photos! 🙂
A couple of notes:

The cabin altimeter is circa WWI and I reckon 15,000 ft is not nearly as optimistic as the placard I spotted on the intrument panel stating “This machine must not be flown at more than 168 mph”…:D

Now that’s a great looking replica! 🙂
Should go well with the Rotec.

Great project! 🙂

I would beg to differ on this statement on the website though….

The original aircraft of that period used rotary engines, however the replica aircraft will be fitted with a radial engine as rotary engines haven’t been built for 90 years.

I think it is more a reality of how much cash one wishes to throw at the problem….

Bewdy!:)

No, you cannot feather a Spitfire propeller and it would’ve been windmilling, unless the engine is siezed, which does not appear to be the case here.
Just to add to what Bruce has already posted, one must keep in mind that in the Spitfire that the uplock pins are also used as the downlock pins and must be rotated via chains to act as such. Very British!:diablo:

Fantastic! Well done the Memorial Flight team!

From the News section here….

I hope I get to see TVAL’s Strutter fly too.:D