New Spitfire takes to the skies...

[Krupi]

Yesterday marked the ceasing of operations from the Filton Aerodrome after a 100 years of flights...

 

Along with the A380 landing there for the last time we were also in for a surprise in the form of a rebuilt spitfire taking off for the first time. It was a fantastic sight seeing it head straight towards the office block I work and then have it veer off to the left flashing the roundels at us  :D ... But a sad day for Filton loosing such a piece of history just so a few people can add to there retirement fund, but at least the guys that worked on this spit gave it the send off it deserved (and a nice slap in the face of the airfield owners that wanted the airfield to die quietly).

 

 

 

 

Some more info on the spit RR232

 

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/rebuilt-spitfire-takes-to-the-skies-from-historic-filton-aerodrome.html