Gerry Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 At Chrissy I bought dad a day at a flying show and he chose to have a look at the Shuttleworth Collection near Bedford. Went yesterday and although I'm not really into old planes, it was a great day out. You have to admire the guts of someone who will go up in a 30 HP plane made of wood and cotton ! For you buffs, the details are: 1908 Avro 504K Bi-plane 1911 Avro Tri-plane 1941 Hurricane 1944 Spitfire The Spitfire was flown by a Caroline Grace, who learned to fly after her husband was killed (in a car) so she could carry on displaying it as he did - respect ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoriFan Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 The Shuttleworth Collection is renowned for the number of older biplanes and first world war planes it keeps flying. here is link to the webpage for the Grace spitfire. http://www.ml407.co.uk/pages/main.html recommend if you can get a copy to watch this video - http://www.ml407.co.uk/pages/plgsmore.html was originally single seater, but later converted to two-seat Spitfire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF hard to believe it is 20 years in 2008 since Nick Grace got killed. great that you and your dad had good time at the Collection ja ne Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Nice pics. Caroline Grace is a absolute legend. I have nothing but respect for that woman. The whole ethos of the Spitfire during WWII is perfectly illustrated by her facing overwhelming odds and succeeding. One of the few people in this world i would like to meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Nice pics. Caroline Grace is a absolute legend. I have nothing but respect for that woman. The whole ethos of the Spitfire during WWII is perfectly illustrated by her facing overwhelming odds and succeeding. One of the few people in this world i would like to meet. Pleased with the pics, not brill, but I'm not a photographer... but they were the best of many ! Re caroline, puts my little life to shame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 mine too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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