Spitfire Finale - Biggin Hill Festival of Flight 2017 (Day 2)

The Spitfire solo finale at the end of the second day of The Biggin Hill Festival of Flight 2017, flown by Dan Griffith. The aircraft here is 1944 Supermarine Spitfire HF MK. IX, TA805, G-PMNF:- • Built at Castle Bromwich CBAF 10372, late 1944. • Delivered to RAF as TA805, 1945. • Accepted by 39MU, Jan, 3rd, 1945. • Allocated to 183 Squadron, June 24th, 1945. • Transferred to 234 Squadron, Aug 2nd, 1945. • Delivered to South African Air Force, Mar 11th 1949. • Sent for scrapping at South African Metal & Machinery Co, Salt River, Cape Town, 1954. • SAAF Museum, Snake Valley AB, 1981. Fuselage hulk. • Steve Atkins, Oxford, UK, 1989-1995. • Restoration project, stored, Isle-Of-Wight, 1995. • Peter Monk & Mike Simpson, Apr 29th, 1996-2006. • Registered as G-PMNF. • Restored to airworthy by Airframe Assemblies, Sandown, UK. • First post restoration flight in 234 Sqn scheme Dec 2005. Duxford. • Based Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Biggin Hill Aerodrome, Kent, 2011 onwards. https://bigginhillheritagehangar.co.uk Video and Audio content is Copyright © 2017 S Keeler This video and audio material may not be reproduced in any form (except as the videos Youtube embedded video option on any other website), without written permission.