Unveiled at Southampton Airport on Friday - 68 years to the day of the prototype's first flight - was this replica of the Spitfire prototype K5054.
It's on a roundabout at the end of Mitchell Way between the Premier Lodge hotel and a Mercedes dealership (both of whom contributed towards the cost as part of the development deal that allowed both to be built on this site, remainder of funding from the local taxpayers).
Some weasel words from a local council spokesman emphasized it was a celebration of 'local pre-war flying' and not (god forbid!) a celebration of a 'war machine'.
Still,
to Mercedes Benz for helping fund it, even if the local council have had an attack of 'don't mention the war-itis'.
