A Spitfire returns
When we refer to “A Spitfire” on a well read website concerned with cars and learning to drive, you would be forgiven if you thought that we were referring to that ubiquitous sports car the Triumph Spitfire, popular some years ago and still seen on the roads today. However, in this context you would be wrong as we are talking about a different kind of “Spitfire”, one that became very famous in 1940 along with its sister fighter plane the Hurricane, both of which along with a Lancaster Bomber can be seen flying with the Royal Air Force’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Bill Plant has lent his support to the Royal British Legion, North Yorkshire Ripon Branch, providing much needed funds to assist the volunteers of RBL in constructing a full size replica of this Supermarine Mk V iconic fighter aeroplane. To see, touch and to actually sit in this Spitfire, will be made possible this coming weekend Saturday 17th May 2008 when it will be displayed, along with other World War 2 memorabilia on Ripon’s Market Square, for the annual VE Day celebrations.
Published by admin on May 13th, 2008 in Bill Plant, Driving School
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