A SPITFIRE FLEW OVER MY HOUSE!!!
10-07-2011, 01:53 AM
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A SPITFIRE FLEW OVER MY HOUSE!!!
Well it is a 90% one (Mk 26) but I still run out and watch it every time it comes over. I have been in it as well. My mate Keith owns it and my three year old daughter calls it "that cheeky Spitfire".
Here is a short vid,
http://www.youtube.com/user/emprivate?feature=mhee
I'll post some more, Keith some times does circles above the house.
Cheers for now,
Brad
Here is a short vid,
http://www.youtube.com/user/emprivate?feature=mhee
I'll post some more, Keith some times does circles above the house.
Cheers for now,
Brad
10-07-2011, 02:51 PM
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Great story !
Once in awhile I will here a rumbling multi engine radial sound, and spot a WW2 bomber going over to line up for the local airport...
a buddy of mine is a flight instructor, he told me he was coming back to the airport the other day ..looked down out of his cockpit, and there was a FW190 on final approach ! He later saw it take off, I am not sure but it might have been on the way back from the big show in Wisconsin..
Once in awhile I will here a rumbling multi engine radial sound, and spot a WW2 bomber going over to line up for the local airport...
a buddy of mine is a flight instructor, he told me he was coming back to the airport the other day ..looked down out of his cockpit, and there was a FW190 on final approach ! He later saw it take off, I am not sure but it might have been on the way back from the big show in Wisconsin..
10-07-2011, 04:37 PM
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RE: A SPITFIRE FLEW OVER MY HOUSE!!!
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Neat,
I have a friend that owns and flies a full scale Jurca replica Spitfire with an Allison V-1710.
Chris...
Neat,
I have a friend that owns and flies a full scale Jurca replica Spitfire with an Allison V-1710.
Chris...
Mmmmm foodstick,,, rumbling multi radials,, now you are lucky as well.
Cheers,
Brad
10-07-2011, 06:11 PM
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Sure Brad,
These are from the web, but are good shots of the 100% Jurca-Spitfire, based in Prescott, AZ. It was built and is owned by retired Bonanza/Republic/Northwest Airlines Captain Bob DeFord.
It's an Allison V-1710 powered version, with a re-contoured Hamilton Standard prop from a DC-3, etc. The gear, tailwheel, certain cockpit fixtures, and some other items were new-build replica parts by an artisan in Germany. A buddy that used to fly a Mk. XVI said the gear retract system is a near exact replica of the Supermarine, but with some bigger components that he felt were a safer option than original.
Nice airplane, neat to watch and very convincing.
http://www.marcel-jurca.com/index.ph...55&lang=en
Chris...
These are from the web, but are good shots of the 100% Jurca-Spitfire, based in Prescott, AZ. It was built and is owned by retired Bonanza/Republic/Northwest Airlines Captain Bob DeFord.
It's an Allison V-1710 powered version, with a re-contoured Hamilton Standard prop from a DC-3, etc. The gear, tailwheel, certain cockpit fixtures, and some other items were new-build replica parts by an artisan in Germany. A buddy that used to fly a Mk. XVI said the gear retract system is a near exact replica of the Supermarine, but with some bigger components that he felt were a safer option than original.
Nice airplane, neat to watch and very convincing.
http://www.marcel-jurca.com/index.ph...55&lang=en
Chris...
