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“Hey, guys, this is ZX-1 ... the Boss’s aircraft. So let’s crack on quickly before we end up in the sh*t.”
Ted wrote of this in some detail in his book "Luck of the Draw". (Ted, incidentally, came up with me in a Cessna a year before his death, aged 94, in what turned out for him his last stint at taking the controls, which he did as though he had been doing so all his eventful life.His legacy lives on in The Spitfire Association and its endowments.)
https://aviationmuseum.com.au/ted-sly/
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Not a joke folks, these guys are having serious fun here. The MkIX is having open-heart surgery on its Merlin. I am not sure why the prop and wings are off (they don't look damaged)? However, the Merlin has both cylinderbanks removed (and laying on the ground either side of the fuselage). This sort of engine strip could have been something to do with piston or ring troubles. Double block change? Hmmm, interesting. I do not think those guys would be doing all that work for anything minor! Great pic! 
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Ok, scoring will be on Friday as I have a good Shag or two and a lot of Puffin planned for the weekend plus hopefully a few Gannets as well.
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Now they tell us it is a Mk9.... I am only trained up to Mk8's ah well of for a cuppa
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chiefy are you just sandbagging this for the overtime??
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Herr Goering told Herr Hitler that he needed a squadron of Spitfires and the Luftwaffe were trying a bit of reverse engineering
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chiefy are you just sandbagging this for the overtime??
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Herr Goering told Herr Hitler that he needed a squadron of Spitfires and the Luftwaffe were trying a bit of reverse engineering
Hang on, I forget. Are we pulling it apart, or putting it back together?
So you three on that side have been parting it out? I've been bolting all those spare parts on over here!
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Not a joke folks, these guys are having serious fun here. The MkIX is having open-heart surgery on its Merlin. I am not sure why the prop and wings are off (they don't look damaged)? However, the Merlin has both cylinderbanks removed (and laying on the ground either side of the fuselage). This sort of engine strip could have been something to do with piston or ring troubles. Double block change? Hmmm, interesting. I do not think those guys would be doing all that work for anything minor! Great pic!
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Quick bit of research, it appears to be Mk IX EN459. Forced landing at Gabes in Tunisia after taking a hit in the engine from a 109.
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