Great idea.
I’m sure that they could just move the Gibraltar gun out of the way, and pop it back afterwards.
And build a new Mk I Spitfire to take the 8 .303s (unless you can persuade the BBMF to loan their Mk II P7350). You refer to a ‘static displayed Spitfire based at Duxford’ suitable for taking 8 .303s. Exactly which one do you have in mind? :confused:
And forgive my further confusion, but is this intended to be a blank or live firing exercise? If the former, why the requirement for butts, and the H&S concerns? You talk about ‘guns firing into a wall of sand’, but also about the guns being loaded with blanks. What exactly do you expect these blank rounds to fire into this wall of sand? :confused:
Not April 1st, is it? :confused: :confused: :confused:
Even blank rounds can be very dangerous and can kill – hence the need to fire into sand – you also need to keep people behind the aircraft and not at the sides. It would be too much to ask to fire live rounds at a public event.
Any suitable “static” spitfire would work, an airworthy example would probably be frowned upon by the CAA, even if it was not going to be flown with working .303 MGs (9/11 and all that – just in case Bin Liner and his merry men from IKEA might want to steel the thing and shoot down a passing Lufthansa airliner).
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