Fred dibnas son? guy martins spitfire

[Breezeblock]

why was the undersides of the wings painted different one black and one white?

[64treefrog]

fair moves you...

 

lad who works for me said his girlfreinds mum wrote to Guy asking for an autograph, when he was racing, and the fella sends her a Christmas card every year....... sound bloke

 

cross between Ron Haslam and Fred Dibna

[felixthelogchopper]

why was the undersides of the wings painted different one black and one white?

 

For recognition by the Observer Corps in the early part of the war.

[lakeyboy]

I like Guy Martin, his programs are interesting and he is down to earth from what I can gather. I just wish he could win a TT race!!

 

[MattyF]

Is there anything anywhere that so represents the best this nation once was?!

 

 

Slept on that .... And no!!

 

 

[s.varty]

Slept on that .... And no!!

 

 

 

[dexta]

Great programme about an iconic plane. Although I wasn't about thankfully when they was at the height but to here the spitfire sends shivers down my spine. What a awesome sound and plane which was made by our ancestors at a time off real hardship . 2 years to make this one and during the war they made several a week.

[john burgess]

Fantastic program. the bloke who rents the airfield next to my new yard has got some fantastic stories. His first job was flying Spitfires to the scrapyard with the RAF. He is also rescued Spitfires and two squadrons of hurricanes from Russia in the last 30 years and a focke Wolf fw 189, which is now in America are being rebuilt the only one left

[ArthurBottlesworth]

Enjoyed the program but I sensed that it was new build plus a recon Merlin rather than a restoration of Geffrey Stephenson's MK1. However, I might be wrong.

 

A few years ago you could buy a new merlin from a company in USA they were manufacturing them for some racing application ( planes I think but might have been boats )

[ArthurBottlesworth]

Ten minutes on internet and found this guy

 

Anybody fancy an aero engine

Rolls royce engines ( unused) $10,000

WW1 aero engine (unused) $50,000