Spitfire PRXI damaged in Holland

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https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/114783/Historisch-vliegtuig-crasht-op-vliegveld-Midden-Zeeland

Pilot reported ok. Unknown which one as of yet

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That looks as though it could have been a whole lot worse. Translate munches the meaning a little, but it looks like a fairly non-sensational news report. No second world war fighter jets doing dangerous aerobatics and the pilot ejecting, anyway!

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Ohhh Bum, it flew past here this morning way in the distance, glad the pilot is ok and looks like a wings off back to DX trip,

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Looks like it could have been a lot worse indeed, AG. She almost ended on her back... I got sent a video, but can't upload it for some reason. She was literally standing on her spinner for a second before she fell back on her remaing undercarriage.

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Holymoley, someone is a very lucky boy, that could have been very nasty indeed!

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On the subject of bent Spitfires anyone know what’s happening with the French spit that dig in and tore itself apart during take off a few years ago again with pilot not hurt?

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I was under the impression its under rebuild

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It is, I saw it at the end of last year, wings were going back together and fuselage was about to go in the jig.

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It's at arco and I'd guess nearing completion

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That could have been so much worse!

Great news is the damage can and will be repaired, and no harm came to the pilot.

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Surely the drop back down would've damaged the fuselage????

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Won't have done it any good - wonder if he's got his lottery ticket today?...

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Surely the drop back down would've damaged the fuselage????

...but not as much as if it had gone over.

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Surely the drop back down would've damaged the fuselage????

Depends if it was controlled or not guess

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This is J R's 'own' Spitfire, so is likely to be nursed back to health without delay. If it needs a spell in the jigs for remedial work, they are all geared up to do it.

PT462 was fast-tracked back to airworthiness in a matter of months in the spring , all you need is resourses, experience, motivation.........and a few quid, I imagine !

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And it has how many hrs. on it??? poor beastie. looked messy.

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Glad to hear pilot ok. That airframe doesn’t seem to fair too well in Europe.

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I guess with the airframe its all down to how it dropped back after the nose up, so so glad it did not go all the way over.
I am surprised that there is not a video popping up of it as I very much doubt a Spitfire lands without a phone being pointed at it these days

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As ever speculation about what damage might have been caused in the mishap is fairly pointless. The guys who maintain it know what to look for , know whether it can be fixed on spot or recovered to base on a truck, and know what to do in order to get it back up in the skies again. Its just engineering.