Spitfires Over Southampton this afternoon

DiG · 5 Mar 2006 at 13:55

Apparently there are supposed to be some spitfires flying over Southampton this afternoon, so all those that care and are in Southampton (A few I seem to remember from the last time it happened) keep an ear listening and try and get some photos! Best photo gets a smile!

Defcon5 · 5 Mar 2006 at 14:09

Are they owned by private individuals or by the RAF or what?

DiG · 5 Mar 2006 at 14:45

Dunno sorry, just heard they where going to be flying!

shimy182 · 5 Mar 2006 at 14:51

we got duxford air museum near our village and there are many cool planes around here. dunno what they are though. i just enjoy the performance and twists.

and no, no acidents yet

EDIT: i mean duxford "war" museum

Immsy · 5 Mar 2006 at 14:56

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4774716.stm

gord · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:01

I do have a lot of work to do ... HMMMmmmmm

ScarySquirrel · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:02

cool, hope there are some videos

pyro · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:09

Is that for their 60th aniversary? I remember a video on BCC about it.

Flibster · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:16

Mmmm...Merlins - possibly the nicest engine noise of all time. *although generally from the Mk11 onwards they had the Griffin engines in them*

Got a few pics from Duxford last year at the VE Day Celebrations.

Mark 24
http://www.flibster.com/Images/Duxford-07-05-2005/Spitfire_Mk_XXIV.jpg
http://www.flibster.com/Images/Duxford-07-05-2005/Spitfire_Mk_XXIV-2.jpg

The Grace Spitfire - Wonderful aircraft to still have flying. Plus it's an ultra rare 2 seat Spitfire
http://www.flibster.com/Images/Duxford-07-05-2005/grace_spitfire.jpg

Mark 16e
http://www.flibster.com/Images/Duxford-07-05-2005/spitfire_mk_xvie.jpg
http://www.flibster.com/Images/Duxford-07-05-2005/spitfire_mk_xvie-2.jpg

Sadly my camera is too crap to get shots of them in the air.

pyro said:
Is that for their 60th aniversary? I remember a video on BCC about it.

Try 70th.. :eek:

Simon/~Flibster

Spanker · 5 Mar 2006 at 16:21

Sure theres something on BBC News 24 or Sky News about Spitfires today, must be the same thing i guess.

Spanker · 5 Mar 2006 at 16:26

Is on BBC News 24 now!

Re-enactment on shortly.

slothmeister · 5 Mar 2006 at 17:02

well that was a little dissapointing from where i was standing. On the waters edge in Hythe, across the water from southampton. I saw them fly over netley and hamble, up towards calshot then back down our way. The only glimpse i got of them close enought to hear the engines, was when they shot down the water up towards marchwood. They stayed in formation, but i was half expecting them to break up and pass over head a bit, but no such luck.

Oh well! Just have to watch it on the news instead.

BigBoy · 5 Mar 2006 at 17:52

Theres an old farmer type dude that lives near me and he flys his spitfire to the pub

lands in the field behind it and gets rat arsed. Gotta love the old guys

Cueball · 5 Mar 2006 at 18:09

Time to roll out the stinger missiles.

Defcon5 · 5 Mar 2006 at 18:50

Id imagine a well timed firework would bring a 70yr old plane down

pyro · 5 Mar 2006 at 21:57

Flibster said:
Try 70th..

Simon/~Flibster

Yeah, nice going, I was trying to make the lady feel younger.

ScarySquirrel · 5 Mar 2006 at 22:01

BigBoy said:
Theres an old farmer type dude that lives near me and he flys his spitfire to the pub lands in the field behind it and gets rat arsed. Gotta love the old guys

lol wow. does he fly home?

ethan · 5 Mar 2006 at 22:02

Why are they flying over Southampton instead of Stoke-on-Trent?

pyro · 5 Mar 2006 at 22:02

ScarySquirrel said:
lol wow. does he fly home?

FUI?

WantoN · 5 Mar 2006 at 22:36

pyro said:
FUI?

Noones going to pull him over at least

Ant