Inside the Spitfire factory
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Thanks for the heads up, I nearly missed that and only caught the end, but it was repeated in the early hours, so series now recorded.
It was followed by a repeat of another program featuring Guy Martin, following the "restoration" of a Spitfire recovered from the sands of Dunkirk. They mentioned getting a replacement airframe from a firm in the IoW (same company?) at a cost of about £200 - £250,000. Sounds like a bargain.
It was followed by a repeat of another program featuring Guy Martin, following the "restoration" of a Spitfire recovered from the sands of Dunkirk. They mentioned getting a replacement airframe from a firm in the IoW (same company?) at a cost of about £200 - £250,000. Sounds like a bargain.
Not just Spitfires. All sorts of warbirds are getting restored all the time by these specialist businesses. As well as the one featured in the programme, there is the ARC at Duxford, Hawker Restorations and a company at Sandown on the Isle of Wight. There are a few others as well.
And that is just the UK.
If you want an idea as to what is going on in the US, have a look at Kermit Weeks You Tube channel. He owns a large number of warbirds and has quite a few scattered around the US with various restoration companies.
And that is just the UK.
If you want an idea as to what is going on in the US, have a look at Kermit Weeks You Tube channel. He owns a large number of warbirds and has quite a few scattered around the US with various restoration companies.
Eric Mc said:
Narrated by Al Murray too.
There is a little bit of "false jeopardy" built in to the narration (i.e. an artificial deadline) but once you get over that, the actual demonstrations of the restoration processes and parts hunting - and the people involved is very good.
I missed that Al Murray was the narraor. There's a lot more to him than the Pub Landlord.There is a little bit of "false jeopardy" built in to the narration (i.e. an artificial deadline) but once you get over that, the actual demonstrations of the restoration processes and parts hunting - and the people involved is very good.
Just watched the first episode, it was a good programme. I'd have liked to have seen some photos of the owner's original garage restoration project, that must have been more of a challenge than doing one in a modern workshop with all the space and tools.
Can anyone explain how the peening on those bolt heads helps with locking them?
Can anyone explain how the peening on those bolt heads helps with locking them?
outnumbered said:
Can anyone explain how the peening on those bolt heads helps with locking them?
Not just me then!Yes, interesting show. It’s a bit like that classic car restoration show, where Fuzz does the work and Tim buys the bits.
Great to see the veteran reunited with a plane he flew.
I thought it seemed to concentrate a lot on the owners son, and his explanation of what a smiley rivet was didn't match the damage shown in the footage. I've not worked anywhere where that sort of damage would have been acceptable.
It was nice to see them showing people crawling in little holes which seems to make up so much of aircraft maintenance.
It was nice to see them showing people crawling in little holes which seems to make up so much of aircraft maintenance.
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