The Spitfire Restoration Project celebrated the completion of the new roof for its restoration hangar at Air Force Mobile Deployment Wing (formerly AFB Swartkop) in a special ceremony on the 1st of July 2023
June 2023 Spitfire Restoration Project Update Report Our Project Lead, Ian Grace, has shared the Project’s latest news and updates in this report. Enjoy catching up on the Spitfire Restoration Project news! As always, reach out to us should you have questions or if you want to get involved! DOWNLOAD REPORT Powered By EmbedPress BACK …
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We are grateful to Nico Brandt for his 3/4 Scale Spitfire donation!
Spitfire Restoration Project Joins The Elders Flight Day The Spitfire Restoration Project was honoured to be invited to participate in The Elders Flight Day at Brakpan Airfield on April 22nd, 2023. The event, which aimed to provide more than 300 elders with the opportunity to fly for the first time, was organised by Felix Gosher. …
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Painting handover at Elders Flight Day, 22nd of April 2023 As many of you may have read in our previous news the Spitfire Restoration Project Hangar roof was recently completed at AFB Swartkop, Centurion. The funding for the roof was made possible by Col Tony Smit fundraising in America, Dave Evans selling hundreds of plastic model aircraft, and …
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Restoration hangar gets a roof We have exciting news regarding the progress of the Spitfire Restoration Project. Our Project Hangar has a roof! A massive thank you to Mike Hoepper for overseeing the roof installation. The project’s hangar is being built at the Air Force Base Swartkop, in Centurion. We are hugely indebted to Mr Felix …
Aviation artist Darryl Legg, supports the Spitfire Project We are privileged to have a new artist supporting our project – the incredibly talented aviation artist Darryl Legg. Darryl has offered us the right to print copies of his painting of Spitfire 5518, an incredibly detailed painting of our Spitty, which we are restoring. He has …
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About the Mark IX Spitfire The graceful and majestic yet potent Supermarine Spitfire, designed by Reginald J. Mitchell, first flew on March 5th, 1936 and become operational in August 1938. Nineteen different Marks and 52 variations of Spitfire’s were produced between 1936 and 1948, totalling 22,759 (of which 2,408 were Seafires). The Supermarine Spitfire Mk. …
A State of Confusion – MK IX OR MK XVI? Article by Phil Scallan. The Spitfire Mk XVI and why was SAAF 5518/TE213, an MK IX HFIX, often mistaken for one? The late production MK IX Spitfires are externally very similar to the MK XVI Spitfire. Still, those late production MK IX’s fitted with the …
A family at war in Southern England Article written by Keith Pratt outlining the reason for his interest in the Spitfire. My grandfather was a WW1 war hero (twice decorated). He died in 1937 before WWII whilst injecting himself with “Opium”, his long term treatment for pain relief due to mustard gas poisoning. This left …
