Wasn't it the world's first non-aerobatic fighter?
Hope that one parked in front of the Leeming OM is still there? Or is there a plastic Spitfire or something there now? There used to be a NF Meatbox quite near the old guardroom at Leeming - what ever happened to that? Not a bad tally of gate-guards at Leeming in the mid 70s; Javelin, Meteor and Spitfire LFxvi.