MAN BUILDS HIS OWN SPITFIRE

[fubar57]

'Like every true Briton I wanted to fly a Spitfire': How one man built his own plane with a little help from B.C.

Old link dead...added new one

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Neat, but I like the one I saw this summer more. It's slightly bigger (70% scale) but the lines are almost perfect and it's hard to distinguish it from a real Spitfire in the air.

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Gnomey]

Great stuff!

 

[Wildcat]

Nifty little planes!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Saw this one at Oshkosh a few years ago.

 

[at6]

Good looking planes.

 

[Thorlifter]

If you're going to go through all the money, effort, and time, why not just build it to scale? I mean, the cost different between 70% scale and 100% scale can't be that much of a difference. You still building all the same parts.

 

[fubar57]

Those are both very nice looking. I wish I had the money to get one......and a licence...and the money to get a licence......money

 

[at6]

Lessons and licensing is too expensive for my income. Plus I might not pass the physical with a stent and coronary artery disease.

 

[Wayne Little]

I would rather have a Ta152...or an Fw190D-9.....

 

[Crimea_River]

Now you're talkin'.

 

[gumbyk]

Saw this one at Oshkosh a few years ago.

That's a 90% scale from Supermarine Aircraft - Supermarine Aircraft MK26B 90%. Anything around 75% or less doesn't look quite right, usually the canopy is a dead give-away.

 

[bobbysocks]

actually, a guy a I know..a retired airline pilot and licensed A&P is building a mk9 at this moment in his garage. its all wood...a 2 seater and will have an Allison power plant. I had pics on my old phone...will see if I can get some new ones. the last time I saw it he was covering the fuse with this honeycomb stuff, and plywood.
look at air heritage in beaver county facebook...or search Jack Roethlisberger spitfire

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man that would be fun to build a 7/10ths scale aircraft.

 

[Gnomey]

It would be great as a summer weekend run around. Certainly would be a Cessna!