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

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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

 

[TheMustangRider]

Awesome! Another Spitfire takes to the air again.

 

[Airframes]

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 !

 

[N4521U]

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

 

[Crimea_River]

That video is great!

 

[GrauGeist]

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

 

[Njaco]

A Mk I even!!! Excellent!

 

[herman1rg]

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

 

[buffnut453]

Entirely possible - both were on 92 Sqn flying Spits.

 

[Park]

Very Cool !

 

[fastmongrel]

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

 

[Gixxerman]

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

 

[Mustang nut]

great news ....odd colour scheme though.

 

[Airframes]

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

 

[Thorlifter]

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?

 

[davparlr]

Great story. After sixty years in the salt mud there can't be much left of the old plane that was usable.

 

[Mustang nut]

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

Yes I know airframes but it still looks odd, like a flying chess board was one description of a squadron.

 

[Edgar Brooks]

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?

If it has the original 1939/40 u/c set-up, the axles are set to "toe-in," which was normal for grass, being more stable. It was only (very)late/post-war that the legs were set fore-and-aft, for hard runways, which would have scrubbed the tyres if they were toed-in.
There's an article in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph, with a slightly sad postscript; the owner found where Casenove had been living, but, when he phoned, his widow answered, saying that he'd died just a few days earlier. She also said that one of the last things he said was that he'd have loved to know what happened to his old Spitfire.
Edgar

 

[A4K]

Fantastic news...especially being such a rare bird!!!

 

[Snautzer01]

brilliant !!!