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Spitfire Prototype Replica G-BRDV

A flying replica was built as "Replica Viking Spitfire Prototype" built by Viking Wood Products and powered by a Jaguar V-12 engine, it was registered as ~~G-BRDY~~ G-BRDV and flown as K5054 from 1984 untill and accident in the 1990s, it is now a museum aircraft at Solent Sky. Probably needs to be added somewhere if anybody has reliable sources. MilborneOne (talk) 17:25, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tipoff. Seems to have been G-BRDV not Y. The accident report has some useful history in it. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 18:01, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Google just threw up another. I don't think I have ever come across another aircraft with so many tribute replicas, except maybe Richtofen's Fokker Triplane. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:28, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eastleigh

The Spitfire flew at a "display" at Eastleigh on 18 June 1936 but it was cut short when it developed a loss of oil pressure and had to land. Flown by Jeffrey Quill.^[1] Not sure if it important enough to include, presume it was a display for the press. MilborneOne (talk) 18:50, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "The Fastest Fighter". The Times. No. 47405. London. 19 June 1936. p. 13. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

Have added the story. It also helps illustrate the crowds that the machine drew everywhere. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 15:22, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "The Fastest Fighter". The Times. No. 47405. London. 19 June 1936. p. 13. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

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