Odd Spitfire story in the Sun
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Spitfire Mk1 X4650 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-w...
FourWheelDrift said:
Spitfire Mk1 X4650 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-w...
That's the story - thanks. Mr_B said:
Picked up a copy of the Sun at work the other day and there was a story of a restored very early mark Spitfire that was said to be the most orginal of the 50 or so still flying, yet it was found in a river bed.
Probably should have be written as the most authentically restored (*cough* recreated) Mk1 Spitfire of the 50 or so still flying.The most original would be one or more of the static examples of the early mark of Spitfire in various museums around the world...
Either, Mk11a P7973 in Australia or one of the 4 x Mk1 versions in UK museums.
williamp said:
I think this is amazing that there are still there, ready to be restored. I would have thought they were all known and recovered by now.
HAs anyone worked out how many Spitfires, potentially are really left?
I would say there are around 100 Spifires still in existence plus lots of Spitfire components. Of these, around 50 are currently airworthy with a number of restoration projects in various stages in progress. The rest would be on static display in museums around the world.HAs anyone worked out how many Spitfires, potentially are really left?
These numbers should be taken in the context that around 25,000 Spitfires/Seafires were manufactured.
Eric Mc said:
williamp said:
I think this is amazing that there are still there, ready to be restored. I would have thought they were all known and recovered by now.
HAs anyone worked out how many Spitfires, potentially are really left?
I would say there are around 100 Spifires still in existence plus lots of Spitfire components. Of these, around 50 are currently airworthy with a number of restoration projects in various stages in progress. The rest would be on static display in museums around the world.HAs anyone worked out how many Spitfires, potentially are really left?
These numbers should be taken in the context that around 25,000 Spitfires/Seafires were manufactured.
http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/spitfire/surv.htm
There are 214 surviving Spitfires, of which 61 are airworthy
and
14 surviving Seafires, of which 3 are airworthy.
Not sure when the lists were compiled, but a very quick glance seems to indacate that none are double counted.
There are of course quite a few Spitfire crash sites littering the world, which presumably now only contain fragments of the original aircraft.
dr_gn said:
Eric Mc said:
williamp said:
I think this is amazing that there are still there, ready to be restored. I would have thought they were all known and recovered by now.
HAs anyone worked out how many Spitfires, potentially are really left?
I would say there are around 100 Spifires still in existence plus lots of Spitfire components. Of these, around 50 are currently airworthy with a number of restoration projects in various stages in progress. The rest would be on static display in museums around the world.HAs anyone worked out how many Spitfires, potentially are really left?
These numbers should be taken in the context that around 25,000 Spitfires/Seafires were manufactured.
http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/spitfire/surv.htm
There are 214 surviving Spitfires, of which 61 are airworthy
and
14 surviving Seafires, of which 3 are airworthy.
Not sure when the lists were compiled, but a very quick glance seems to indacate that none are double counted.
There are of course quite a few Spitfire crash sites littering the world, which presumably now only contain fragments of the original aircraft.
thatone1967 said:
FourWheelDrift said:
P7973 is complete and unrestored so it's possibly the only one that's 100% original, but I wouldn't like to fly it.
I think I'd risk it.... Rich
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