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Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:34 pm
by ozzy72
Well its been a long time since I jumped in a Spit, so I took my Belgian Mk IX clip-wing up for a quick spin out from Biggin Hill....
So sucking up the view, cockpit open for a little fresh air
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Sucking up the view the right way up (for me), I'm sure there is some Chiroptera blood in my veins...
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Tally ho, target (London) nine o'clock
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Diving out of the sun at this hour means coming in on the deck! Look at those shadows....
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Entering a barrel roll ;D
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Continuing the barrel roll ;D
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Touchdown safely at City Airport, hand over licence to CAA, put on nice interlocking motif silver braclets for charming gentlemen in blue :-[Image
Ozzy 8)

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:48 pm
by Splash
;D ;D ;D   Very Nice!!!  Couldn't resist the bridge huh?  So did ya get the cobwebs shaken out after that?  Time for a brewski now!!!!

I just picked up the Spitfire for CFS3 that was flown by the famous F/O "Billy" Bishop (Canadian Ace)  401 "Ram" Sqn RCAF had the Mk IX-B and finished the war (thru Op Overlord and Normandy Invasion) with the Spitfire XIV-e.  Gotta go try it right now.

Splash ;D ;D ;D

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 5:54 pm
by RollerBall
Some people are just SO juvenile














I'm glad to say ;D

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:21 pm
by Crumbso
Where did you get that beauty from and does it have a british paint available. I've been looking for a clip wing spit for a while now.

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:08 am
by BFMF
nice shots ;D

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:20 am
by Mr. Bones
Belgian Spit? never seen it before...i even don't know my own air force's history  ;)

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:42 am
by ozzy72
Yup the Belgians and the Dutch got a number of Spits after the war, including v.rare T9s!
Several are flying, and a number of others are now gathering dust in museums...

Ozzy

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:52 pm
by Crumbso
Please oh please tell me where you got that from.

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:22 pm
by ozzy72
Crumbso I've sent you 2 messages!!!!

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:31 pm
by Rifleman
Mark, I'm willing to bet that those "charming men in blue" which you have referred to are all related and even have the same Christian name ?.......all "brothers-in-law"  and all are known as Robt, but in the short form of that name.........

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:34 pm
by ozzy72
I can see you've met these charming gentlemen before Ken ;D ;D ;D

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:12 pm
by Crumbso
oh bugger sorry. I don't usually look there.

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:26 pm
by Wing Nut
So how about sending me a message and telling me where it came?

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:52 pm
by Fly2e
Nice ones Mark. I was wondering if you had dusted off the controls recently and been out reaking havok. Should have told the "boys in blue" to come up and get you.......
Now that would have been fun!!    ;D

Dave   8)

Re: Blowing off the cobwebs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:03 pm
by Rifleman
Dave, you must have missed the caption above the last image which Mark has posted.......