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Offline maus92

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Seafire 15 flying restoration
« on: November 02, 2013, 05:56:00 PM »
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Offline SmokinLoon

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2013, 06:54:18 PM »
Nice.  Good presentation from a news channel as well, very rare.  I'm very happy to see this place in the air.  It would be very nice to see more German, Soviet, Italian, and Japanese planes in the air as well. 

Job well done to all those who worked on that.   :salute
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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2013, 06:08:12 AM »
It would be neat to have that version in the game.  The MkII is fun to fly but a latter version would be nice.  Good find on the video.

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2013, 07:49:34 AM »
It would be neat to have that version in the game.  The MkII is fun to fly but a latter version would be nice.  Good find on the video.
To the best of my knowledge the Mk XV missed combat in WWII.  It was in service, just no combat so it is in the same place as the F7F and F8F.

The primary WWII Seafire was the Mk III of which 1200 were built, about six times the number of Mk IIs built.
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Offline bortas1

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2013, 12:29:00 PM »
 :salute very cool

Offline Bodhi

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2013, 04:58:09 AM »
Saw that aircraft several years back when it was offered for sale before restoration.  A pure gem when we assessed the amount of work needed to restore it. 

Nice job getting her back in the air.
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Offline Randy1

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2013, 05:53:34 AM »
To the best of my knowledge the Mk XV missed combat in WWII.  It was in service, just no combat so it is in the same place as the F7F and F8F.

The primary WWII Seafire was the Mk III of which 1200 were built, about six times the number of Mk IIs built.

Maybe someday then AH will include it in an update.

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2013, 08:22:50 AM »
Fantastic!
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Offline Slash27

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2013, 11:18:51 AM »
Awesome :aok

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Re: Seafire 15 flying restoration
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2013, 08:07:21 PM »
Very nice, thanks for sharing
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