Air Corps Spitfire

[Panzer Joe]

Picture at a air show in England late last year, a impressive looking Spitfire.

[silverside]

cool when did we get that?

they sound cool too

i remember hearing/seeing an airshow of various old planes (spitfires, hurricanes, etc) at a WW2 commemoration in NZ, very impressive

do they ever come over to galway / faiyhouse?

[Slacker]

Not galway, but it did attend the passing out of the AC Cadets last year.

[hptmurphy]

'when did we get that...its privately owned in the UK..we had it in the late fifties and sixties but were to tighfisted to hold onto it and restore it ourselves.

[California Tanker]

Apparently the colour of the aircraft is a matter of some debate.

NTM

[yooklid]

Apparently the colour of the aircraft is a matter of some debate.

NTM

Like/no like debate, or accurate/not accurate debate?

[Aidan]

Yooklid, apparently its slightly the wrong green, but you know how pedantic these modellers get about things like colours, textures, having eyeshadow and lipstick match etc.



Is there an online list of all the aircraft that have been in Air Corps service anywhere?

[hptmurphy]

..some of us have seen the original colour and that ain't it..think Tony Kearns post on the issue sums it up.

if the currnet woner of the aircraft believes the colour to be right and he can afford it..its right

wrong..you restore it using the markings...at leats get the colours right.

[yooklid]

..some of us have seen the original colour and that ain't it..think Tony Kearns post on the issue sums it up.

if the currnet woner of the aircraft believes the colour to be right and he can afford it..its right

wrong..you restore it using the markings...at leats get the colours right.

Have you been at the sherry again?

[a04bf527]

according to an ex air corps commandant i know the aircraft was sold to the film people who made the battle of britain for £10,000!!!!

[Goose]

I've seen this at the Newtonards airshow a couple of years ago. It flew behind another spitfire in RAF colours. Had never seen it before and wasn't expecting to see 2 tricolours painted underneath. Great aircraft though and great to see it being restored with IAC markings whether or not the colour is right.

[GoneToTheCanner]

Hi ao4b,
if you'd seen it's condition, ten grand was too much. All of the flyable Spitfires that served here exist, not thru the kind hearts of DoD bean-counters, but of people willing to risk considerable sums of money, time and effort in getting derelict wrecks fit to fly again. As for the ever-so-slightly-wrong colour scheme, the wonder of it all is that Mr Karel Bos chose to restore the aircraft in an Irish scheme, in the first place.He could easily have painted it in an original RAF scheme, so Irish aviation owes him a thank-you for doing it in the first place.
regards
gttC

[Slacker]

Amen Gttc.
Speaking of Irish aviation history, isn't there a society that represents that interest?

[yooklid]

Hi ao4b,
As for the ever-so-slightly-wrong colour scheme, the wonder of it all is that Mr Karel Bos chose to restore the aircraft in an Irish scheme, in the first place.He could easily have painted it in an original RAF scheme, so Irish aviation owes him a thank-you for doing it in the first place.
regards
gttC

Amen to that.

[pmtts]

'when did we get that...its privately owned in the UK..we had it in the late fifties and sixties but were to tighfisted to hold onto it and restore it ourselves.

the Aer Corps operated de-navalised Seafire Mk IIIs from 1947 to 1961 and two seat Trainer Spitfire TR IXs from mid 1951. The Seafires were coded 146 to 157 (12 aircraft) and the two seaters were 158 to 163 (6 aircraft).