Thread: Spitfires being restored in New Zealand

For all you aviation buffs : just thought I'd share a link to some Spitfires being restored. I won't attempt to re-post the photos here on TD. Couldn't do em justice.

Battle of Britain: See How Spitfire WWII Fighter Planes are Restored in New Zealand

I want one.....

Originally Posted by Latindancer

I won't attempt to re-post the photos here on TD. Couldn't do em justice.

lazy fuck.

It's amazing that after the war some millionaire didn't buy up hundreds of war birds and tanks and shit, they were selling for scrap value while still brand new virtually.

The rear wheel in picture #2 is on the wrong way around. Good on yer NZ.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

I want one.....

That's been restored in the UK.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

The rear wheel in picture #2 is on the wrong way around. Good on yer NZ.

I think they swivel (or castor if you like, like a supermarket trolley's wheels) The. thing that the wheel attaches to is the right way around.

^^ ditto .
They do pushem backwards don't they ?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

The rear wheel in picture #2 is on the wrong way around. Good on yer NZ.

If u dont know what your talking about best say Fook all eh

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

The rear wheel in picture #2 is on the wrong way around. Good on yer NZ.

No, good on you for getting it wrong.

Looks rather small, and why has it got the French flag on the back...

Nice though.

Beautiful-looking plane. Nice to see someone restoring these iconic fighters.

I haven't been but there is one at the Thai Air Force Museum.

Originally Posted by toddaniels

It would appear from a brief google that only 5 Hurricane's are airworthy!

Wiki (yes, FWIW) has 13, but still a sad total from more than 14,000 built:

List of surviving Hawker Hurricanes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia