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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 15, 2020 13:53:33 GMT 12
Australia now has three airworthy Spitfires |
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Post by ZacYates on Jan 16, 2020 0:31:32 GMT 12
Fantastic news, well done to the owner and restoration team!
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Post by colford on Jan 16, 2020 15:32:49 GMT 12
That one was kept relatively quiet. Richard Grace came over from the UK to do the post-restoration test flight duties, and Gavin has already done an air to air shoot from the back seat of the P-51D Mustang. I am hoping that it might make it's southern states airshow debut at Wings Over Illawarra in early May, but definitely expect that with no technical hitches, gremlins, or other unforeseen happenings to see it perform at Warbirds Down Under at Temora in October.
Well done to all involved and great to see a Spitfire flying in Australian skies wearing the wartime markings of one of Tony Gaze's WW2 Spitfires.
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 17, 2020 11:53:06 GMT 12
Its a fantastic result for a great deal of hard work and expenditure...............and wearing my mother's initials
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Post by steveh on Jan 21, 2020 16:05:11 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 21, 2020 16:23:55 GMT 12
Yes.
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Post by shorty on Jan 21, 2020 17:53:33 GMT 12
I think I saw Tony Gaze racing in the 2nd or 3rd NZ Grand Prix when they were held at Ardmore. Prince Bira won the first and Stirling Moss won the second the following year?
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 22, 2020 7:14:03 GMT 12
A gentleman with an incredible memory. When I had the priviledge of speaking with him he could recount with complete clarity individual actions during the war.
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