Kip Powick Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 So you think you can build a model. ???..check out this link.. Better than most!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innuendo Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 That is amazing, I am assuming that it is at the RAF museum at Hendon from the "full circle" comment. I've been lucky enough to get to both Hendon and Duxford, well worth it, but that model would merit a trip on its own. Must have been a real labour of love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I wonder what the engine looks like! Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAS Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Speaking of Spitfire engines. A friend of my Dads, Peter, was contacted by a group in England about a year & a half ago. They wanted to know if they could give his name to some French archeologists. Seems these French fellows found a Rolls Royce Merlin engine and through the serial number and the help of the English group it was determined that it was in the airframe that Peter had shot out from under him. Peter spent the rest of the war in a camp. If you have ever read the book “The Wooden Horse” one of Peter’s jobs in the camp was to help carry the horse each day to the exercise/tunnel area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 If you have ever read the book “The Wooden Horse” one of Peter’s jobs in the camp was to help carry the horse each day to the exercise/tunnel area. Wow....how cool! I read the book and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canus Chinookus Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I would think that even an expert RC flyer would be afraid of crashing it. It is a beautiful piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAS Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Aviation Archaeology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Pretty cool, Kip! I sent the URL to my Dad. His first flight in a later Mk (SeaFire) was in early 1945 when his new squadron leader told him "There's your machine. Go learn how to fly it." His next baptism of fire was south of Burma where his orders gave him the name and approximate position of his carrier and stated: "When (read: IF) you find it, teach yourself how to land on it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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