Can i buy a spitfire

Duxford and the Battle of Britain. Battle of Britain: The cost. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The plane has been restored to an airworthy condition footage courtesy of John Dibbs. Image source, John Dibbs. There are only two original Mk I Spitfires left in the world that can fly. Image source, Peter R Arnold Collection. No need to worry to be late for work ever again with a Rolls Royce Griffon 65 with 58 Heads and Banks and Prior history shows very little time on the airframe since first being build by Vickers in It was reportedly in a UK maintenance unit for a bit and then to India in where there was a landing accident, which caused its return to the UK where it was repaired and sent back to India.

It apparently flew with the Indian Air Force for another year or so and then ended up as a gate guard in New Dehli until when Doug Arnold brought it and a few other spitfires out of India. You can still see the Supermarine part number stamps on the cowling, etc. Please contact us for more details on the aircraft listed below or for information of other currently unlisted aircraft that are for sale.

In April it started service with No. Mr Betson added: "Some just want to see it fly, but others want to fly it themselves. People also see the aircraft as an investment, because the value will increase. But people must understand that these are high-performance killing machines not toys.

They were flown by highly trained young men, day in, day out in the war. And our planes need to be flown regularly too. They are not designed to sit around. Despite the cost, the company is only looking to make enough money to cover the costs and buy more Spitfires. The owner, the Dutch industrialist Karel Bos, fell in love with the famous aircraft and learnt to fly one - at the age of