As I'm quite possibly the only living man who trained (75 hrs) on Spitfires (Mks.I and II), 74 years ago last summer, thank you most sincerely for the You Tube clip of a chap having huge fun with one of them. I didn't know there were any Mk.1s left flying still, though of course there are plenty of the later marks about, several being the strange IX(T)s
Danny,
Great post. Thank-you.
I'm the opposite of you. I knew there were some airworthy Mk. Is, but didn't know there were any chaps like you around.
Concerning the "strange IX(T)s", most of those are fairly recent conversions of Mk. IXs. I agree they are strange, but I'm very grateful that they were built, because I was able to fly one. Even from the back seat, it was a magical experience.