Plenty of other elderly aeroplanes undertake lengthy adventures, probably with nothing like the support. A New Zealand registered Comanche 250 landed at Wick yesterday from Reykjavik, the couple flying it are undertaking a leisurely round the world tour... the aircraft is perhaps twenty years younger than the Spitfire, probably done at lot more flying and perhaps without the benefit of a major rebuild.

I think It's a great endeavour and wish them very well.

OK, probably not the most practicable round the world aircraft, but hey ho, their aeroplane, their money. Good luck, safe flying

IT'S simply a marvellous marketing wheeze. I can only wish them the best of luck and hope it all runs like clockwork - their sponsors do have watches to sell after all.
Somewhat pathetically the project main website doesn't even announce they have taken off but does provides an elaborate video to promote the 'Pilot Watch' collection. Their 'top of the range' model is yours for just over 11k. I would have to buy one 'on tick' - as it were!
Apart from that, as someone else once said of a similar exercise, it's all really rather point to pointless . . .

[Where are they now, maybe 'weathered in' at Lossiemouth, the 'escort' OY-THP seems to have U-turned. Who knows, no one is tellin'!]

See link in post #12. That shows the Spit departing from Lossie at 10:00Z and a returning about an hour later.

OY-THP flew to Reykjavik this afternoon.

Keep the data plate in a drawer. Should the aircraft be lost just build a new one and use the data plate.

Fareastdriver, you naughty person!

Nomad, possible that neither Steve Brooks or Matt Jones have a DA so low passes are verboten?

If it ever entered my head to risk my spitfire (!) by flying it around the world I certainly wouldn't be tempting fate any further by indulging in unnecessary aerobatics along the way.

You can hardly compare this with a Commanche. A Spit isn't a tough, simple plodding spamcan with a bulletproof aircooled engine, its a tetchy, high-maintenance, rather delicate, extremely complex machine with pneumatics and a highly complex short-life supercharged watercooled engine.

Of course I wish them well but wonder at the wisdom, let alone the purpose of this venture with such a historicaly valuable and unsuitable aircraft.

OY-THP is apparently returning from Reykjavik towards Lossiemouth now! :hmm:

Who would have though that the UK was still full of crazy schemes and people willing to throw money at them?? :hmm:

And a flying golf cart.....

I thought walking was integral to the game. Next they'll have machines to do the driving and putting so you don't throw your back out.

They have made it to BGKK ( Greenland )

That promo is really High Quality b*******! After each hole, you have to suit up, put the dome on and special gloves. Then reverse the sequence 1 minute later? You'll spend more time suiting than saved! :}

You can also be sure that your fellow golfers are REALLY going to appreciate how quiet that machine is ... they ensured you never heard it, close up at lift off. Still, some boys get to play for a bit until it get's shelved..

Back on thread...

G-IRTY has cracked on this evening and just arrived at Kangerlussuaq on Greenland's west coast, making up a bit of time for the weather delays at Lossie and Reykjavik. I assume they aim to cover the 350 odd miles to Broughton Island tomorrow, weather permitting. Then the next leg to Iqaluit perhaps, less than 300...