‘Spitfires belong in the skies’: The engineers keeping the Second World War fighters flying
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:01 am
At ‘Battle of Britain Kwik Fit’ in south-east London restorers get the 80-year-old machines in the air
On a bright Wednesday morning in Biggin Hill, south-east London, Joe Hurst clambers into the cockpit of Spitfire TA805, a Mk IX, on which “Spirit of Kent” is emblazoned in white lettering. He checks his instruments and starts the engine. A puff of bluish smoke erupts from the exhaust as the Rolls-Royce Merlin growls into action. Hurst’s colleague, Simon Groves, whips the chocks away and the plane wheels across the apron....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/202 ... es-flying/
On a bright Wednesday morning in Biggin Hill, south-east London, Joe Hurst clambers into the cockpit of Spitfire TA805, a Mk IX, on which “Spirit of Kent” is emblazoned in white lettering. He checks his instruments and starts the engine. A puff of bluish smoke erupts from the exhaust as the Rolls-Royce Merlin growls into action. Hurst’s colleague, Simon Groves, whips the chocks away and the plane wheels across the apron....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/202 ... es-flying/