Dem stress-ripples tho’ 
Reasonably sure Convair adopted a similar approach, except it was the 1950s, so definitely done on the back of fag packets 
Is that what they are, didn’'t think it looked normal.
Fabulous, probably my favourite aircraft.
HOW did it take me so long to look at this thread??!!
Better late than never
I’ve just spent a good chunk of the evening in the RAF officers club near Hyde Park Corner. You guys would love every corner being festooned with photography and memorabilia.
And if you want a pint then options are Spitfire, Spitfire or, err, Spitfire.
Oh, and I knew my buddy had piloted a Spitfire. It seems that moneybags has set himself a goal of everything with a Merlin engine in it. A couple of other things, I think he said Lancaster, and a Hurricane this year.
I think our lives have diverged a bit.
Was @coco not planning a spitfire trip? Did it ever happen?
I have spent a couple of very good evenings there and stayed the night. Very luxurious. A friend I was at poly with ( who was a big boozing hooligan) somehow became a Wing Commander so we got to enjoy his hospitality. Divergent lives indeed!
Just driven past this.
Is it me or is the idea of flying a plane that has been sitting doing nothing for 15 years a little sketchy?
Was there last year, thought the spitfire lager was quite good.
Afternoon in the Austrian embassy (no Ferrero Rocher 
) , evening (very late) in the RAF club and then crashed at the Union Jack club.
I was going to say there is a Super Guppy at Bruntingthorpe …just checked..it’s been broken up for scrap. The owners of Bruntingthorpe wanted to clear the aircraft away as they needed space. …
Last time I was in Bruntingthorpe they had a Vulcan in a hanger.
I think that was the famous XH558 ..being used for taxi runs. It was bought by the trust Vulcan to the sky who fully restored and flew it …2008 to 2015 … (Gen from Wikipedia)