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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: xFURYx on February 10, 2010, 08:12:15 PM
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hi all 49Trojan here
thought i would share with you all some pics of a spitfire VIII that i am involved with at my local aerodrome
its a project to re build this amazing aircraft back to its former glory, if you live in the UK or are visiting us,and you
would like to view the spitfire just contact me here in the forums or send me an ingame pm and we can arrange it
As you can see she is pretty much stripped down to the bare frame just now, while restoration work is being carryed out. Ill add more pics
as we go along and as she is re built stage by stage
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Nice, will she be restored back to flying condition, or just a static display?
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the plan is flying condition, with any luck
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Is that a former RAAF 457 squadron plane?
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:O Beauty of an aircraft! I hope to one day to fly in a Spitfire, but just to see one in person would be enough for me.
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to see a static or flying Spit, Latrobe? :D
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Whats the serial on that VIII? I saw MV154 is moving to Germany so the UK needs to get a VIII flying to replace it!
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JG 668 was manufactured at Supermarine Vickers Ltd during March 1944 as part of Contract 1877 / C.23 C and was delivered to Chattis Hill, Winchester 6th MU on 18th March 1944. From here it went to 82nd MU where it was crated and shipped to Australia aboard the SS 'Mit Park', arriving on the 19th June 1944. It was assembled and delivered to 457 Squadron during July 1944 and was flown primarily for fighter training until the wars end. During May 1946 it suffered an undisclosed accident and was stored unrepaired at RAAF Oakey in Queensland.
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JG 668 was manufactured at Supermarine Vickers Ltd during March 1944 as part of Contract 1877 / C.23 C and was delivered to Chattis Hill, Winchester 6th MU on 18th March 1944. From here it went to 82nd MU where it was crated and shipped to Australia aboard the SS 'Mit Park', arriving on the 19th June 1944. It was assembled and delivered to 457 Squadron during July 1944 and was flown primarily for fighter training until the wars end. During May 1946 it suffered an undisclosed accident and was stored unrepaired at RAAF Oakey in Queensland.
Thanks for the history. Isn't there a website out there for this particular Spit? Seems like I recall running across it at one point a while back.
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Thanks for the history. Isn't there a website out there for this particular Spit? Seems like I recall running across it at one point a while back.
You may be thinking of the Grey Nurse at Temora museum
http://www.imagecontrol.com.au/oldcmp/tem_spit_detail.html
some really nice pics there
example
(http://www.spitfirebooks.com.au/spitfire-museum/spitfire-mk-v111%5B1%5D.jpg)
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I took a ride once in the only flying 109.......... Oh wait, nevermind, that wasn't me. :D
I hope to one day to fly in a Spitfire
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You may be thinking of the Grey Nurse at Temora museum
http://www.imagecontrol.com.au/oldcmp/tem_spit_detail.html
some really nice pics there
example
(http://www.spitfirebooks.com.au/spitfire-museum/spitfire-mk-v111%5B1%5D.jpg)
OOOOH...i want THAT skin!
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OOOOH...i want THAT skin!
We allready have that skin, sort of.
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Thanks for the pictures.I would like to say just this....to the gang at Grapevine,I really appreciate the work you have put into detailing accurately the gauges in that Spit VIII!I was just wondering if the gauges on all aircraft in Aces High II,are as accurate as on the Spit VIII?I'm sure that some cockpit pictures are very difficult to find,and I would hope that one of the AH staff might answer if all the other aircraft panels are as accurate as the Spit?I think we AH players need to give credit to the staff at Grapevine for their efforts to bring us this sim as well done as they have.I will bite my tongue before I ever whine about something in reference to this sim.Well done,and thank you all!
ID
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I took a ride once in the only flying 109.......... Oh wait, nevermind, that wasn't me. :D
:lol :aok
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A hint for anybody who gets to anywhere near a WW2 fighters cockpit. If you cannot/are not allowed to climb in put the digital camera where the pilots headrest is and take a picture. There are tons of pictures of gauges and stuff already but only a few of what is the actual view the pilot sees through the windscreen. After all that is what we see the most in a game. ;)
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ill make a vidio on the weekend for you, from inside the cockpit, and you can see what views there actually is.
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We allready have that skin, sort of.
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HEY U HAVE A N1k ON YOU! CHECK SIX!
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HEY U HAVE A N1k ON YOU! CHECK SIX!
Actually that N1k tried to ho me and crashed a moment later after that picture was taken :lol
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that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure
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Simply awesome! Please keep us updated with pics and info... :aok
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Very cool. Need better pics :)
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Trojan/Fury,
thanks for this thread! I love the Spit, one of the most beautiful airplane ever, and the VIII, to me, is the most beautiful of them all! And I even fly it with that skin, in game! Can't wait to see more pictures! :x
ill make a vidio on the weekend for you, from inside the cockpit, and you can see what views there actually is.
Charge already posted an interesting link to a video where a Spit cockpit can be seen with pilot in flight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiAIyX0l42M&NR=1
that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure
If you like homebuilding... take a look at this, there are plans for a 1:1 replica ;)
http://www.marcel-jurca.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=54
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that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure
the V8 version is a true hotrod
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to see a static or flying Spit, Latrobe? :D
Either way. Even on the ground it looks so fast and beautiful! :D
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that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure
For me it would be the P38
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That is very cool indeed!
Steely
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Either way. Even on the ground it looks so fast and beautiful! :D
They do look nice on the ground. I'd like to see them in the air...
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hey fury i have a question for ya :) i see that you guys have a rolls-royce for that thing, i know the spits came with those motors, but was it in the plane when you guys decided to restore it or did you have to look around and find one? also how hard was it to find parts to rebuild the motor im sure they werent exactly readily available lol
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my cousins husband works for RR at Filton, he tells me the Merlin and Griffon are still officially supported by RR although what that means exactly in terms of parts and rebuilds I dont know. So they have a PR MkXIX as a company runabout! apparently they are are also in the process of rebuilding a MkXIV, not sure when it will be finished.
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the engine was actually with this spitfire. along with almost all the origional parts.
we are however missing the wings, which we will need to have specially made.
ive added some more pictures today, i did take a video from the cockpit, but as its so cold and started to rain, we didnt open the hanger doors
so we left the spitty under cover so there wasnt much light inside today, and we didnt stay for long as it really was too cold to do anything....
i took some more pictures, had a cup of tea and drove home..but anyway hope you enjoy these pictures, ill add more as we go along so you guys can see the progress
and im in the process of building the official website this week too, once its complete you can drop by and leave us a message etc...
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Thanks for posting those pictures Fury.Your very lucky to get to work on a project like that.
Pipz
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yer i think i am lucky.
im almost done with the official website also, and we will have alot more info on there as well as out community boards