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Title: Another Spit reborn
Post by: FTJR on September 18, 2011, 10:47:54 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8771012/Spitfire-back-in-the-air-after-71-years.html

enjoy

Title: Re: Another Spit reborn
Post by: flight17 on September 18, 2011, 11:10:01 PM

sweet! there is one being restored at my home field. Not sure what variant it is though, but its powered by a allison engine

Title: Re: Another Spit reborn
Post by: oakranger on September 18, 2011, 11:19:28 PM

Why is the underside half black/white?  Is that common skin?

Title: Re: Another Spit reborn
Post by: Guppy35 on September 19, 2011, 12:10:49 AM

Quote from: oakranger on September 18, 2011, 11:19:28 PM

Why is the underside half black/white?  Is that common skin?

For the time frame it is.  It was an early form of easy identification

Title: Re: Another Spit reborn
Post by: eagl on September 19, 2011, 09:46:18 AM

That's a beautiful spit.

Title: Re: Another Spit reborn
Post by: ink on September 19, 2011, 10:04:04 AM

thats awesome

a game I played has that skin on their spit :headscratch: