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Flying again: Spitfire takes to the air 71 years after being shot down.

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    Thumbs up Flying again: Spitfire takes to the air 71 years after being shot down.

    Welkome back to the skies P9374!

    Flying again: Spitfire takes to the air 71 years after being shot down - Telegraph



    Video: A rare Spitfire Mark I takes to the skies once more - Telegraph

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    Awesome! Another Spitfire takes to the air again.

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    Brilliant! I always wondered what happened to this Spit, after its discovery was shown in a 1980 edition of 'Fly Past' magazine - now I know !

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    The story is fantastic.
    Thanks very much for this post.

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    That video is great!

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    With all the sad news of losing two warbirds and thier pilots, this is definately good to hear!

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    A Mk I even!!! Excellent!


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    Wasn't Peter Cazenove a wingman to Robert Stanford Tuck?

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    Entirely possible - both were on 92 Sqn flying Spits.

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    Very Cool !

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    What a lucky man to be able to fly that lady of the skies

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    Wow, a Mk1 Spitfire back in the air, lovely.

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    great news ....odd colour scheme though.

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    Typical scheme for that period in 1940, before the change to 'Sky' undersurfaces.

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    To me, this is even better news than normal given the recent loss of Galloping Ghost. Yeah, I know.....different plane. But its good to get another one back in the air.

    I do have a question though, it shows the Spitfire landing in the grass. Why did it land there when there is a runway right next to it?
    Last edited by Thorlifter; 09-19-2011 at 09:17 AM.

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