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Post by colford on Feb 28, 2022 13:28:46 GMT 12
ABC-TV Australia primary Channel (ABC2/3) will be showing the UK made documentary "Silver Spitfire - the Longest Flight" at 9.25pm AEDST (similar time for local delayed broadcast in various states) on Tuesday 1 March 2022. It will be repeated at 10.58AM local broadcast times on Thursday 3 March 2022.
The blurb for the documentary reads as: A British pilot and his team attempt a dangerous, world-first circumnavigation of the Earth in an 80-year-old vintage World War II fighter to inspire a new generation through the freedom of flight.
I expect that it will also be available online on ABC iView, but remember from tomorrow 1 March 2022 you will need to have an account and log in to use iView.
Nice timing before the Australian Spitfire Association meeting at Temora this weekend.
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Post by Antonio on Mar 1, 2022 15:48:03 GMT 12
Awesome machine  |
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Post by planecrazy on Mar 1, 2022 17:24:42 GMT 12
Thanks for the heads up Col, great timing, will be watching.
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Post by planecrazy on Mar 1, 2022 23:56:48 GMT 12
Just watched this, great stuff seeing that beautiful silver machine over some stunning scenery, must have been a bit of a concern for the crew here and there. I know I can search her history found it a bit of a pity for the doco's sake they didn't go into much of the machines history? Bit on her history....... The fighter flew with the Royal Netherlands Air Force as H-8, and later 3W-8. It then became a decoy, and was later displayed in the war museum of Delfzijl. After restoration, the aircraft became a static exhibit in fake colours as âMH424â/âH-53â, initially in the Aviodome at Schiphol and later in the Aviodrome in Lelystad. Web site. www.silverspitfire.comMost grateful for Col's heads up, thank you. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Mar 2, 2022 0:08:47 GMT 12
Yes....it was a nice watch here in torrential rain..............
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Post by Antonio on Mar 2, 2022 14:27:27 GMT 12
Yes....it was a nice watch here in torrential rain.............. You okay? Man you guys are certainly a BIG wet. Tragic |
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Post by Mustang51 on Mar 2, 2022 17:04:54 GMT 12
The Lismore area on the north coast of NSW together with many other major centres has been hit with a 1 in 1000 year storm event. We have been starting to feel it here in Sydney but nowhere like up north and in Queensland. In the two months since Jan 1 at my home I have received way over half the total rainfall for all of 2021 and today they told us to expect up to 150mm. Right now it is pouring down and I cannot clearly see the houses at the bottom of the street. There has been loss of life as well and the effects shall be felt for many many months perhaps years.
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Post by Antonio on Mar 2, 2022 18:18:36 GMT 12
There has been loss of life as well and the effects shall be felt for many many months perhaps years.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 2, 2022 21:51:10 GMT 12
Gosh the rainstorm sounds really bad over there.
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Post by Barnsey on Mar 3, 2022 15:44:36 GMT 12
I taxied behind the Silver Spitfire in Bahrain as it was being towed across the tarmac for a bigwig to view in late 2019. Obviously slow going around the world in a pandemic.  |
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Post by Mustang51 on Mar 3, 2022 19:09:49 GMT 12
I had the very great privilege of a personal tour of the aircraft with John Romain at Duxford while it was doing its 'breaking in' trial flights. Beautiful. What amazed me about the documentary was the fact that it just looked like it was so normal to just get in and go for a two/three hour flight somewhere......
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