Very interesting. I do believe it may be the first color photo I can
recall seeing of an ME-109. I can't imagine the cost of maintaining an
ME-109 and a Spitfire. Yikes! I probably couldn't even afford the
petrol. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/5/2012 12:15 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I was on the phone trying to get a network problem sorted out when I
> saw this lovely old beast through the window that overlooks the
> airfield, at work.
>
> <http://images.threeshoes.biz/Airplanes/Flying/i-T9HWmKn/0/L/D2012CB2277-ME109-L.jpg>
>
> The pilot, one Cliff Spink, was on his way from Duxford
> (Cambridgeshire) to Humberside (further north, near Yorkshire) when
> the cowling on one side of the engine started to come adrift. He
> landed at my airfield, Wyton (also in Cambridgeshire) to sort it out.
> My telephone interlocutor allowed me to leave him hanging on the line
> while I ran out to catch a couple of images of the old "enemy" :-)
>
> The aircraft's owner is one Richard Lake, MD Eastern Airways, who
> also owns a rather nice Spitfire. Cliff is an ex-RAF 2 star (Air
> Vice Marshal) who displays both WWII aircraft.
>
> Chris
>
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