The South African Spitfire in questions would have been TE566, ZU-SPT. It was indeed the last flying Spitfire in South Africa, and aw a regular performer on the UK airshow circuit before that. The Sea Fury, I think, would have been the ex-Old Flying Machine Company aircraft from Duxford (its identity escapes me at present). The South Africans did have another Spitfire which was flying up until 2000 - TE213. This aircraft was very badly damaged in a forced landing, and was thought to be a write-off. I think she's being rebuilt to fly again, though.
> Message Received: Oct 10 2005, 09:39 AM > From: "Serge VIDAL" > To: "KRnet" > Cc: > Subject: Réf. : KR> Spitfire > > I was lucky enough to share my hangar for a few months with a couple olt > timer aircraft, including a pristine Spitfire. That was at Rand Airport, > South Africa. The Spitfire flew reasonably often, and that was quite an > inspiration. Sadly, the aircraft was sold and flown to a new base, and the > new owner was killed when he crashed it a few weeks later. I think that > was the last example flying in South Africa. > > We also had a Sea Fury based there for a while. That one was not as nice > looking as the Spitfire. It was a monster, with a huge engine, very apt at > converting a lot of fuel into a tremendous amount of noise! > > Serge Vidal > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > Paris, France > > > > > > Frank Ross > > Envoyé par : [email protected] > 2005-10-09 16:17 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 2005-10-09 16:17 > > > Pour : KRnet > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : KR> Spitfire > > > > When was the last time you saw a Spitfire fly over > your neighborhood? I just did. > Went for a walk and heard a plane approaching. > Civilian planes fly over our bases here all the time, > so I wasn't surprised, but did look because there was > just something about the sound. It was unmistakenly a > Spitfire! Flying West to East. Beautiful! > There are a fair number of Spits restored and flying > in Britain but it is a real treat to see one fly over > just out for a spin and enjoying a great plane on a > great day. > Thought you would like to know. > Frank > PS, KR, KR, KR. Okay, that's the KR part. > > Frank Ross, > EAA Chapter 35, > San Geronimo, TX > RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England, UK > Visit my photo album at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/alamokr2 > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
