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There have been a number of kit-build (and one-off) Spitfire replicas over the years, some full-size and others scaled down. Pretty sure at least one of them was a 2-seater.
One I remember well was a replica of the original prototype Spitfire (2-blade prop, tailskid, finished in pale blue overall), powered by a Jaguar V12 car engine.
In the local this (late) afternoon, had seen the Mustang parked in the open on Friday - found out that was it's last day in the village, the rotten ******* has sold it to Germany and it's gone! No more magic sound of Merlin over the village, no further chance of a ride in the back seat (which I'm told went for £2500 in the auction I mentioned earlier!). Still, he has his Harvard and Yak to play with, lucky whatsit. Just wish I'd been braver and knocked on his door before the Mustang went!
I live next to Detling (ex RAF air field) in Kent. We are luck to be treated during the summer months to seeing both the spitfire and Hurricane over flying us at very low altitude. On a good day they will stay in a holding pattern above our house (presumably waiting to head off to a show).
The Bright Yellow Harvard is an almost daily visitor doing some fairly spectacular stuff. I believe that you can buy flights in this?
Curious - I didn't know it was permissible to use full ('landing') flap in level flight. They are acting almost entirely as airbrakes in that position, rather than lowering the stall speed. But I'm sure Biggles knew what he was doing!
Can you describe the sound of being the wingman to a Spitfire?
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