July 29, 20241 yr Quote A 71-year-old man has died in the second crash involving a replica Spitfire in Oxfordshire in a year. The crash happened at about 14:00 BST on Sunday near Enstone Airfield shortly after take off. Thames Valley Police and South Central Ambulance Service also attended the scene. The pilot was the only occupant of the plane, and no one else was injured. Last year Trevor Bailey, 68, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, died flying a replica Spitfire near Enstone. Investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) are looking into the cause of the second crash. A spokesperson said: "The AAIB has sent a team to Enstone, Oxfordshire, to begin an investigation into an accident involving a light aircraft which occurred on Sunday. Full article on the BBC OS: Win11 Home; Mobo: Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4; CPU: Intel i5-12400 (Alder Lake) 4.4 GHzRAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 64Gb (4x16GB) 3600 MHz; GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5700XT [8GB] SSD: Corsair Force MP510 (for OS); 2x 1TB & 1x 2TB Sabrent Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 (one for sim, two for addons)HDD: Seagate 3TB (Data); Seagate 1TB (Programs), ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B Curved 31.5" monitor, 1440p, 38Mbs ethernet Fulcrum One Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo throttle, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA sidestick & throttle, Logitech Pro pedals, Xbox wireless gamepad (1st gen)
July 29, 20241 yr I didn't know there were replica Spitfires. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
July 29, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, Fielder said: I didn't know there were replica Spitfires. The article says...its a replica kit... Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
July 29, 20241 yr About 3/4 size, I've seen them - look good though sounds obviously not a Merlin. Sad news... ...
July 30, 20241 yr Author 17 hours ago, Fielder said: I didn't know there were replica Spitfires. From Wikipedia: Quote British organisation, the Aircraft Restoration Company (Formally Historic Flying Limited), has either restored, overhauled or built from scratch a significant proportion of the Spitfires that are now airworthy. Several other manufacturers have produced replica Spitfires, either as complete aircraft or as kits for self-building. These range in scale from 60% scale to full-size, and most use wooden construction rather than the original all-metal monocoque design. These include the Jurca Spit from France, and those manufactured by Tally Ho Enterprises in Canada. Supermarine Aircraft – originally from Brisbane, Australia, and now based in Cisco, Texas – manufacture the 80% scale Spitfire Mk26 and the 90% scale Mk26B replicas. Their Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire is supplied in kit form and is the only all-aluminium reproduction Spitfire in production. The Isaacs Spitfire (1975) and the Time Warp Spitfire Mk V (1996) are homebuilt 60% scale replicas, and Bob DeFord of Prescott, Arizona built and flies a 100% scale replica. Greenwood Military Aviation Museum is also home to a replica non-flying Spitfire OS: Win11 Home; Mobo: Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi D4; CPU: Intel i5-12400 (Alder Lake) 4.4 GHzRAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 64Gb (4x16GB) 3600 MHz; GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5700XT [8GB] SSD: Corsair Force MP510 (for OS); 2x 1TB & 1x 2TB Sabrent Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 (one for sim, two for addons)HDD: Seagate 3TB (Data); Seagate 1TB (Programs), ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B Curved 31.5" monitor, 1440p, 38Mbs ethernet Fulcrum One Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo throttle, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA sidestick & throttle, Logitech Pro pedals, Xbox wireless gamepad (1st gen)
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