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gus.fraser(at)gs.com
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:44 am Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

The ultimate Homebuilder.   

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/4646888.stm   

Basically a woman in England is building a MkII Spitfire in her garage and is looking for space. Now it's not that we British are all crazy but some things just have to be done regardless of the consequences. Please send this around it would be great to see her succeed. This would make a great article for Warbirds magazine.  

Gus

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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:34 am Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

Awsome!  Where did she get the plans? The Spit has always been one of my favorites! Even as a Yank!

 Doc

  

 



  

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gus.fraser(at)gs.com
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:14 am Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

RAF Conningsby which is the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial  Flight. 

  

 On the subject of the Battle of Britain I was bought, in the US  for Christmas a special edition of the Movie. It is a two disc set the movie and  extras. The movie is awesome anyway but the second disk justifies the cost on  it's own. I describes how the flying sequences were done. During the filming the  collected aircraft for the shooting was the 35th largest airforce in the world.  The really sad part is that given modern movie making techniques a film like  this will never be made again with real fire breathing aircraft. Even if you  already have a copy of the movie get the special edition just for the  documentaries, if you don't have a copy of THE BEST FLYING MOVIE EVERY MADE,  shame on you... 

  

 Another interesting fact from the extras was that all the actors  were paid the same low daily rate and they were lining up for a part as they all  felt that it was important to make the film. Also Pappy they used a B-25 as the  camera ship and they had it painted up in all sorts of psycadelic colors to  avoid collision, but hey it was the sixties ))

  

 At Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ASDFEK/qid=1138298959/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2079137-4777549?n=507846&s=dvd&v=glance

  

 Send the wife and kids out, turn up the sound system and prepare  to go 

  

 dag-a-dag-a-dag-a, "whato Binki, cabbage crates over the briney"  (translates to My good friend Binki there appear to be some nasty German planes  coming over the English channel, would you like to join me in the air to engage  them in aerial combat ?)

  

 Gus



 [quote]         From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com    [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger    Kemp

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:33 PM

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      Awsome!  Where did she get the plans? The Spit has always been one    of my favorites! Even as a Yank!

   Doc

    

   



    

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ben(at)designselect.net
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

While I can’t argue with BoB being a great film, I’d vote for Piece of Cake having the best flight scenes for that period of film.    

   

Humbly,  

   

Ben Marsh  

         

  

From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fraser, Gus

 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:13 AM

 To: 'yak-list(at)matronics.com'

 Subject: RE: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage  

  

   

RAF Conningsby which is the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.   

   

On the subject of the Battle of Britain I was bought, in the US for Christmas a special edition of the Movie. It is a two disc set the movie and extras. The movie is awesome anyway but the second disk justifies the cost on it's own. I describes how the flying sequences were done. During the filming the collected aircraft for the shooting was the 35th largest airforce in the world. The really sad part is that given modern movie making techniques a film like this will never be made again with real fire breathing aircraft. Even if you already have a copy of the movie get the special edition just for the documentaries, if you don't have a copy of THE BEST FLYING MOVIE EVERY MADE, shame on you...   

   

Another interesting fact from the extras was that all the actors were paid the same low daily rate and they were lining up for a part as they all felt that it was important to make the film. Also Pappy they used a B-25 as the camera ship and they had it painted up in all sorts of psycadelic colors to avoid collision, but hey it was the sixties ))  

   

At Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ASDFEK/qid=1138298959/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2079137-4777549?n=507846&s=dvd&v=glance  

   

Send the wife and kids out, turn up the sound system and prepare to go   

   

dag-a-dag-a-dag-a, "whato Binki, cabbage crates over the briney" (translates to My good friend Binki there appear to be some nasty German planes coming over the English  channel, would you like to join me in the air to engage them in aerial combat ?)  

   

Gus  [quote]  

       

  

From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger Kemp

 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:33 PM

 To: yak-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: RE: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage      

Awsome!  Where did she get the plans? The Spit has always been one of my favorites! Even as a Yank!  

    

Doc  

    

   

  

    

   

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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:07 am Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

Ben, 

 Great scenes in that movie also, even more amazing as they  had hardly any aircraft to shoot it with.

  

 Gus



 [quote]         From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com    [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ben    Marsh

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:52 PM

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Subject: RE: British woman builds    Spitfire in Garage

   

      

While    I can't argue with BoB being a great film, I'd vote for Piece of    Cake having the best flight scenes for that period of film.        

    

Humbly,   

    

Ben    Marsh   

             

   

From:    owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com    [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fraser, Gus

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:13    AM

To: 'yak-list(at)matronics.com'

Subject: RE: British woman    builds Spitfire in Garage

   

    

RAF Conningsby which    is the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.    

    

On the subject of the    Battle of Britain I was bought, in the US for    Christmas a special edition of the Movie. It is a two disc set the movie and    extras. The movie is awesome anyway but the second disk justifies the cost on    it's own. I describes how the flying sequences were done. During the filming    the collected aircraft for the shooting was the 35th largest airforce in the    world. The really sad part is that given modern movie making techniques a film    like this will never be made again with real fire breathing aircraft. Even if    you already have a copy of the movie get the special edition just for the    documentaries, if you don't have a copy of THE BEST FLYING MOVIE EVERY MADE,    shame on you...    

    

Another interesting    fact from the extras was that all the actors were paid the same low daily rate    and they were lining up for a part as they all felt that it was important to    make the film. Also Pappy they used a B-25 as the camera ship and they had it    painted up in all sorts of psycadelic colors to avoid collision, but hey it    was the sixties ))   

    

At Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ASDFEK/qid=1138298959/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2079137-4777549?n=507846&s=dvd&v=glance   

    

Send the wife and    kids out, turn up the sound system and prepare to go    

    

dag-a-dag-a-dag-a,    "whato Binki, cabbage crates over the briney" (translates to My good friend    Binki there appear to be some nasty German planes coming over the English channel, would you like to join me in the air to    engage them in aerial combat ?)   

    

Gus   [quote]     

                

     

From:      owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com      [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger Kemp

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:33      PM

To: yak-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: RE: British woman      builds Spitfire in Garage               

Awsome!  Where      did she get the plans? The Spit has always been one of my favorites! Even as      a Yank!

          

Doc

          

 



          

 

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brian

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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

Fraser, Gus wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   > The ultimate Homebuilder.

 >

 >_http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/4646888.stm_

 >

 	  Quote: 	
		   Basically a woman in England is building a MkII Spitfire in her

 garage and is looking for space. Now it's not that we British are all

 crazy but some things just have to be done regardless of the

 consequences. Please send this around it would be great to see her

 succeed. This would make a great article for Warbirds magazine.

Gerry Beck in Whapeton, ND, has tooling to build P-51A and P-51B

airframes. He was thinking of making a fast-build kit that would be 100%

faithful to the North American P-51A using a new old-stock Allison

engine. If one went that route it would be licensed as

Experimental/amateur-built instead of Experimental/exhibition.

Something to think about if you want the ultimate home-built.

-- 

Brian Lloyd                         2243 Cattle Dr.

brian-yak at lloyd dot com          Folsom, CA 95630

+1.916.367.2131 (voice)             +1.270.912.0788 (fax)

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
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viperdoc(at)mindspring.co
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

Too bad he did not do the quick built kit. Not sure he would have made

money on it though.

Doc

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 From: Brian Lloyd <brian-yak(at)lloyd.com>

 To: <yak-list(at)matronics.com>

 Date: 1/26/2006 7:07:46 PM

 Subject: Re: British woman builds Spitfire in Garage

 Fraser, Gus wrote:

 > > The ultimate Homebuilder.

 > >

 > >_http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/4646888.stm_

 > >

 > Basically a woman in England is building a MkII Spitfire in her

 > garage and is looking for space. Now it's not that we British are all

 > crazy but some things just have to be done regardless of the

 > consequences. Please send this around it would be great to see her

 > succeed. This would make a great article for Warbirds magazine.

 Gerry Beck in Whapeton, ND, has tooling to build P-51A and P-51B

 airframes. He was thinking of making a fast-build kit that would be 100%

 faithful to the North American P-51A using a new old-stock Allison

 engine. If one went that route it would be licensed as

 Experimental/amateur-built instead of Experimental/exhibition.

 Something to think about if you want the ultimate home-built.

 -- 

 Brian Lloyd                         2243 Cattle Dr.

 brian-yak at lloyd dot com          Folsom, CA 95630

 +1.916.367.2131 (voice)             +1.270.912.0788 (fax)

 I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .

 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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