Spitfire

BAe146 · Post by **BAe146** » 12 Jun 2006, 19:43

I'm not sure which Mk. it is, but this one came to visit this weekend.

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 12 Jun 2006, 19:49

Mk T.9 apparently. It seems this one has been a two seat, back to single seat and back to a two seater in its lifetime. I suspect it started out life as a standard Mk.IX?

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 12 Jun 2006, 19:51

Great cockpit shot Bae. Make you want to just climb in and start it up!

BAe146 · Post by **BAe146** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:05

VEGAS wrote:Great cockpit shot Bae. Make you want to just climb in and start it up!

Well, for $6, you could take the ground tour of B-17 "Aluminum Overcast"

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:23

Nice shots Bae

Thats not the Mk9 that Cliff Robertson owned is it???

Leif

Ed Walters · Post by **Ed Walters** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:24

No...

The one Cliff Robertson owned is in the Seattle Museum of Flight, as I recall it.

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:26

Well if it was in Denver maybe it will appear on this side of the rockies

Would love to see something besides the Firefly at Nellis this fall
Not that Im arguing about that - its a gorgoeus beast

Leif

Ed Walters · Post by **Ed Walters** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:27

http://warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry ... mk923.html

Ed Walters · Post by **Ed Walters** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:31

Bill Greenwood is the current owner of TE308, the two seater shown in these shots. He's owned it since 1983, so if he's not made it to Nellis yet, I'd guess he's unlikely to!

It was never converted back to a true single seater - the rear cockpit was faired over, but given that the forward cockpit was moved forward in the Tr.9 conversion by 13 inches or so, they look decidedly odd with the rear canopy faired over.

Ed Walters · Post by **Ed Walters** » 12 Jun 2006, 20:31

And yes, it was built as a single seater - no Spitfires were built new as two seaters.