Talk:Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Steelpillow in topic Eastleigh
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Spitfire Prototype Replica G-BRDV edit
A flying replica was built as "Replica Viking Spitfire Prototype" built by Viking Wood Products and powered by a Jaguar V-12 engine, it was registered as G-BRDY G-BRDV and flown as K5054 from 1984 untill and accident in the 1990s, it is now a museum aircraft at Solent Sky. Probably needs to be added somewhere if anybody has reliable sources. MilborneOne (talk) 17:25, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for the tipoff. Seems to have been G-BRDV not Y. The accident report has some useful history in it. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 18:01, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
- Google just threw up another. I don't think I have ever come across another aircraft with so many tribute replicas, except maybe Richtofen's Fokker Triplane. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:28, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Eastleigh edit
The Spitfire flew at a "display" at Eastleigh on 18 June 1936 but it was cut short when it developed a loss of oil pressure and had to land. Flown by Jeffrey Quill.[1] Not sure if it important enough to include, presume it was a display for the press. MilborneOne (talk) 18:50, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
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- Have added the story. It also helps illustrate the crowds that the machine drew everywhere. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 15:22, 22 April 2018 (UTC)