Battle of Britain Aces Fly Again

[Gnomey]

A Hurricane and Spitfire on a commemorative flight alongside an Airbus A320, part of the Battle of Britain 70th anniversary celebrations

Fourteen Battle of Britain veterans have taken to the skies in a special memorial flight.

The chartered airliner flew over parts of England and the English channel that saw some of the fiercest aerial combats.

The British Airways Airbus was accompanied for part of the way by a Spitfire and Hurricane from the period.
The Spitfire fighter planes played a decisive role in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940 Spitfire fighter planes played a decisive role in the Battle of Britain

The battle for air supremacy between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in 1940 was a decisive chapter in World War II.

BBC News - Battle of Britain veterans take to the skies again

 

[Crimea_River]

Neat!

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's just so fricken cool!

 

[RabidAlien]

Right on!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Very very cool. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Oggie2620]

Bless them all. It must have brought back some memories!

 

[diddyriddick]

Su-weet! Thanks for the heads-up!

 

[timmo]

Cosy flight - BUT, some of us were not Aces, just the fill-ins!!

= Tim

 

[timshatz]

Cosy flight - BUT, some of us were not Aces, just the fill-ins!!

= Tim

Too true! And the fill-ins were key.

Very cosy flight. No draft, no cold, no noise to speak of, no need to use the radio to talk to somebody, no fear of death any second AND PLENTY OF DRINKS!

Scrap the Spitfire and the Hurricane, put me on the Airbus!

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Too true! And the fill-ins were key.

Very cosy flight. No draft, no cold, no noise to speak of, no need to use the radio to talk to somebody, no fear of death any second AND PLENTY OF DRINKS!

Scrap the Spitfire and the Hurricane, put me on the Airbus!

Aw, where's your sense of adventure tim?!

On the plus, that's a great pic, nice posting Gnomey! It's great to see that a least a few of those old warplanes are still airworthy.