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70 years old

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:42 am

Well from the screenshot forums I think we can safely say we know who has their 70th today. My favourite lady!
The BBC even have a wee clip (opens in Media Player) http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_w ... 6x9_nb.asx
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Re: 70 years old

Postby jordonj » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:23 am

Good grief though!  The markup on price!

Saying for Bjorn though:

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Re: 70 years old

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:33 am

They have appreciated in value rather well ;D
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Re: 70 years old

Postby jordonj » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:00 am

Let's see...if I had the money....(and leaving the Beaver out of the equation).

Cessna Caravan...

Spitfire!

Cessna..Caravan...

Sptifire

ehhh...Cessna Caravan...

Spitfire ;D
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Re: 70 years old

Postby C » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:46 am

I take it the clip mentions prices does it... Nice... ;) All comes down to money in the end...
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Re: 70 years old

Postby HawkerTempest5 » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:08 am

70 years old and still going strong, just goes to show that real quality will stand the test of time. Happy Birthday Spitfire, finest aeroplane ever made. ;D
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Re: 70 years old

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:58 pm

Pictures and bumf (althought it took me a while to find the pictures as the link on the BBC website doesn't work ::))
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 776986.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 775726.stm
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Re: 70 years old

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:04 pm

Another video!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_w ... 6x9_nb.asx
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Re: 70 years old

Postby Hagar » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:47 pm

My own little tribute. Not what I hoped for but at least I was there to see it. ;)

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Thought I'd post them here instead of starting a new topic.
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Re: 70 years old

Postby C » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:07 pm

My own little tribute. Not what I hoped for but at least I was there to see it. ;)


Nice that you were able to get across and take the photos Doug.  :)
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Re: 70 years old

Postby packercolinl » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:58 am

Excellent stuff.
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Re: 70 years old

Postby F3Hadlow » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:58 am

Good stuff Doug :) Just wish Southampton wasn't at the other end of the country!
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Re: 70 years old

Postby HawkerTempest5 » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:32 pm

Great stuff Hagar, I so wish I could have seen that.
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Re: 70 years old

Postby Sytse » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:28 pm

Here a link to a really cool tribute to R.J. Mitchell, made with IL-2. http://screenshotart.com/YaBBImages/Gal ... tchell.zip

(I've posted it a while ago, but didn't get any replies, so here it is again, just incase some of you missed it)

Happy birthday Spitfire!  ;D

(You need the Xvid codec: http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/ )
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Re: 70 years old

Postby beaky » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:45 am

My own little tribute. Not what I hoped for but at least I was there to see it. ;)



Thought I'd post them here instead of starting a new topic.


Been looking for your pics of the anniversary display- I knew you'd be there no matter what! ;D Didn't think to look here, though... :P
Many happy returns to that grand old dame!! :)
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