On Sunday, June 29, 2014 12:18:06 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/06/2014 22:44, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Saturday, June 28, 2014 10:33:05 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane > >>> from > >>> the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a > >>> Spitfire. > >> > >> You have an actual flying Spitfire nearby? Wow! I thought Evelyn was the > >> last airworthy model left anywhere. > >> > >> > >> For those who don't know, Evelyn was a Mk IXe and spent years in a kid's > >> playground in Pretoria (the city I grew up in) before someone started > >> restoring her in the late 60s. She was rebuilt at Zwartkop Air Force > >> Base (where I spent time as an apprentice) and stored at Lanseria > >> Airport (where I've spent many a happy hour drinking fine wares at the > >> restaurant above the apron). > >> > >> Last I heard, she was sold and ended up in Brazil... > > > > Considering there are companies selling flights in them: > > > > http://flywithaspitfire.com/ > > http://tigerairways.co.uk/spitfire-flights.html > > (from this one: > > To the best of our information there are about 50 Spitfires currently > > flying Worldwide. Of these only five are two-seaters (converted Mark > > 9’s), three in the UK and two in the USA) > > > > Never mind that there are quite a few scale models flying around :) > > I reckon I was told "only airworthy Spitfire in the world" when it was > actually "onl airworthy Spitfire in Africa"
Typical :) > I suppose that's what happens when you don't fact-check. That'll teach > me :-) Yep, that should teach you :P Btw, I do not have all the info, but it could be that they meant last one of that particular model. -- Joost
