Monday, January 21, 2008
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Today I am still working on the technical solution to the problem of
disappearing labels. In the meantime, here is a review of the recent press.
- I’ve got propeller off Spitfire that crashed in park
The latest Spitfire wreck excavation in Merseyside Park, Liverpool, (see here for details) finds a rather unexpected conclusion - its (?) propeller being found in an attic. [Liverpool Echo]
- It is widely known that new Spitfire restorations to airworthiness are being undertaken with ever-smaller pieces of original airframes as a basis. If one is to believe the following articles, it could be something of a record in this area - a full Spitfire restoration started from a... single rivet - but then only if you ignore the fact that it was augmented by an incomplete fuselage of Spitfire RR232... Even so, it's an amazing effort, performed by devotion and perseverance of Mr Martin Phillips from Devon.
- A special event entitled A Celebration of Collections marked the official launched of Corgi die-cast model Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Collection issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Flight. Fittingly, the ceremony took place at BBMF Visitors Centre at RAF Coningsby.
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