Spitfire XIVc G-ALGT / RM689
Hi All,
There are a number of people interested in this aircraft and its long-running rebuild to flying condition.
This Spitfire is special to me, as I sat in its cockpit, and had my photo taken with it, when it was in the Rolls-Royce hangar at East Midlands Airport in the 1970s/early 1980s.
I emailed the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust to ask for an update on progress, and received this reply today:
"David, the aeroplane is at least a year from completion.The wings should be delivered in the next few weeks; engine is completed and John Hart and the team are working on the airframe currently.
In hindsight, the programme was optimistic - the same team operate the Mk 19. Contact me again in, say, 6 month's time for an update."
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Regards,
David Eyre