On 28/06/2014 16:54, Peter Humphrey wrote: > It's Wakes Week here and we've just had a triple fly-by by a Hurricane from > the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight. Last Saturday it was a Spitfire.
You have an actual flying Spitfire nearby? Wow! I thought Evelyn was the last airworthy model left anywhere. For those who don't know, Evelyn was a Mk IXe and spent years in a kid's playground in Pretoria (the city I grew up in) before someone started restoring her in the late 60s. She was rebuilt at Zwartkop Air Force Base (where I spent time as an apprentice) and stored at Lanseria Airport (where I've spent many a happy hour drinking fine wares at the restaurant above the apron). Last I heard, she was sold and ended up in Brazil... > > Yoo-hoo! > > I think I can just about remember the sound of those magnificent beasts from > the 40s > > Apologies to those of a more serious disposition. > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
