Spitfire over Bedford

[tmk2]

Just in the garden this afternoon for my boys birthday, and a clipped wing spitfire Flew over Cardington then looped around again very low. I know we get a lot of old aircraft over this way but is there any place I can find out where it was going and what it was up to?

[tog]

Flywheel at Bicester Heritage maybe?

[FourWheelDrift]

Could it have been the first flight of the Shuttleworth Collections LF Mk.Vc AR501?

http://www.shuttleworth.org/news/shuttleworth-spit...

https://twitter.com/DarrenHarbar/status/8779209239...

[eltawater]

It was the flypast booked for the shortstown centenary fun day down at shortstown playing fields.

[eltawater]

DSC_2495 by eltawater, on Flickr


DSC_2480 by eltawater, on Flickr

[paulrockliffe]

A Spitfire or a Hurricane went over my garden in Durham today too, any ideas?

[saaby93]

paulrockliffe said:

A Spitfire or a Hurricane went over my garden in Durham today too, any ideas?

have you seen the post in the flight radar thread?

[DJFish]

Saw one in Colchester as well, didn't sound like a Merlin though....

[ecsrobin]

DJFish said:

Saw one in Colchester as well, didn't sound like a Merlin though....

Could have been a griffon powered spitfire?

[Simpo Two]

ecsrobin said:

DJFish said:

Saw one in Colchester as well, didn't sound like a Merlin though....

Could have been a griffon powered spitfire?

Spitfire 3W-P was performing over the Stour this afternoon - cannon armed, pointed fin - without googling, a Mk XIV?

[FourWheelDrift]

Mk.XVIe

[DJFish]

Simpo Two said:

Spitfire 3W-P was performing over the Stour this afternoon - cannon armed, pointed fin - without googling, a Mk XIV?

Cannon armed?
I know Essex can be a little rough but that's A bit over the top!

[AJB88]

Newport Pagnell had a 1940's weekend last weekend there was a fly over then, probably the same one.

[MitchT]

One did a low pass right over my neck of the woods today for the local town gala.

[Turn7]

FourWheelDrift said:

Mk.XVIe

Is that you Ginetta ?

[tmk2]

eltawater said:

It was the flypast booked for the shortstown centenary fun day down at shortstown playing fields.

Many thanks. Used to seeing old aircraft flying about, knew shuttleworth has as spitfire Vc under restoration but I believe it's only had it's engines running this week.

[eltawater]

There's a bbmf hurricane going over willen lake at 14:52 today according to the announcer handling the dragon boat races.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Turn7 said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Mk.XVIe

Is that you Ginetta ?

Not me, but that a/c (TE311) is in my Late Father's logbook.

Technically it's not a Mk XVIe but a Mk LF XVIe

[Turn7]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

Turn7 said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Mk.XVIe

Is that you Ginetta ?

Not me, but that a/c (TE311) is in my Late Father's logbook.

Technically it's not a Mk XVIe but a Mk LF XVIe

See? I knew we could rely on you....

[mybrainhurts]

MitchT said:

One did a low pass right over my neck of the woods today for the local town gala.

Was this the one that said hello to East Midlands Airport on Sunday 25 June and earlier over Sheffield?