PT has taken the aeroplane to Sywell to be broken down for shipping

Must have been a bitter sweet trip..

https://www.facebook.com/SywellAerodrome/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

It is a shame, and tough luck for the folk involved, but it will be sorted out in time.

Without being too flippant, seriously, you could make a calender with pictures of two seat Spitfires sitting on their bellies.

I am struggling to think of any that have not ! Some have done it twice !

More here.

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?126934-Where-was-this-taken

Can’t help thinking of another (fatal) Spitfire crash, which cost the life of Martin Sargeant when the organisers of a show at Rouen failed in their duty to keep the public clear of a dedicated emergency runway.

”The leader, and others, saw the aircraft descending towards the grass strip on a base leg and it
appeared that it was fairly well set up for a landing. The pilot was then heard to call “THERE’S
PEOPLE ON THE RUNWAY” in what was described as a ‘calm, if surprised voice’. The formation
leader confirmed this visually, noting that the numbers he saw being likened to “that seen during a
cricket match, with most of the people at the north-eastern end”.

He turned away, stalled, and died instantly.

If that MK 19 had caught fire, with no proper emergency cover in place nothing could have been done. The rescue/extraction was heroic, but a dangerous shambles, and could have resulted in mass casualties.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10212726829112812&set=pcb.10212726830072836&type=3&theater

Photo of initial strikes

Years ago, there was no hedge between the threshold and the road, but it was allowed to grow to ( I guess) to deter goofers hanging round for a free view on display days.

Now that the area and paths have been totally cleared of people during displays, perhaps it is time to bring the hedge down, and avoid this sort of incident.

”Not a fire truck in sight here.” Purely a reference to the vid in my post. Nothing else.