BBMF Spitfire LF.VB AB910, low over Coningsby's runway.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

LF.XVIE SL721, bearing the initials of ACM Sir James Robb, is currently under repair in the USA following a groundloop.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Kermit Weeks’s LF.XVIE TE476 before delivery to USA and with fictitious “kill” markings as Winston Churchill. Acquired by Weeks in 1990, the aircraft was put back in the air by Historic Flying at Audley End.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Sir Tim Wallis’s New Zealand-based LF.XVIE TB863 in D-Day markings.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

LF.XVIE TD248 in a Duxford flypast with RW382.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

LF.XVIE TE184, in PRU blue, accompanied by LF.IX MJ730.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Now in Oregon as N356TE is LF.XVIE TE356, seen here wearing Doug Arnold’s initials.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

LF.XVIE RW382 now lives in California with new owner Bernie Jackson.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

LF.XVIE TE384 with code presumably indicating its mark number.
Australia now has a second airworthy Supermarine Spitfire - Mk XVI VH-XVI/TE384 - seen here just before its first post-restoration flight from Toowoomba in October 1988, and bearing the Polish eagle emblem of its restorer, Jim Czerwinski.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / XVI - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Carolyn Grace flying her two-seat Spitfire Tr.9 trainer ML407/G-LFIX for the camera of JOHN DIBBS. Now back in the full colours of Johnnie Houlton (485 Sqn) after a season in Free French markings.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Tr.8 MT818 at Medford, Oregon, in the late 1980s.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Carolyn Grace putting ML407 through its paces for the camera of John Dibbs. Carolyn has attained a full aerobatic and display authorisation, which enables her to fly the Spitfire regularly at airshows in the UK and overseas. The two shots of the starboard side display the “bawling baby” personal emblem of Jean Dabos, in whose colours ML407 flew during 1995.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Back again in two-seat configuration, Bill Greenwood’s Tr.9C TE308 is based at Aspen, Colorado.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

The only departure from strictly accurate markings on ML407 is a “Presentation Spitfire”-style acknowledgment to insurance sponsors Nicholson Leslie on the fuselage sides.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

The Perfect Lady. Carolyn Grace banks ML407 towards the camera aircraft, high over the flat East Anglian countryside near Duxford, where the aircraft is maintained by a team of warbird engineers in their spare time.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Rick Roberts's Tr.9C PV202 is another ex Irish Air Corps two-seater. It is seen here over the English Channel.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Carolyn Grace, owner and pilot of two-seat Spitfire ML407/G-LFIX, with (in the cockpit) Jean Dabos, who flew ML407 as a single-seat fighter with No 341 (Free French) Sqn during World War Two. The aircraft spent the 1995 season in the personal colours of Dabos, complete with the Cross of Lorraine on the cockpit door, seen here.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Once a two-seat trainer, Champlin's MJ772 now has its rear cockpit faired over.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Sqn Ldr Paul Day (in the front cockpit) and Peter Bayliss in Tr.9 MJ627, based at Coventry.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Paul Day flying Maurice Bayliss's two-seat Spitfire Tr.9 MJ627/G-BMSB on February 25 last year. Maurice’s son Peter, a Learjet commercial pilot, is in the rear cockpit.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Day straps into the Bayliss Spitfire in preparation for an air-to-air photographic sortie for Aeroplane. He was responsible for all the post-restoration test-flying of MJ627, which returned to the air in November 1993, and remains its principal pilot.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Carolyn Grace showing her Australian ancestry in a spot of aerobatics in her Tr.9 ML407.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Bill Goldstein’s Tr.9 PT462 makes its approach at Carefree, Arizona, over some typical local cactus at the time of the Spitfire gathering at Scottsdale Airport in October 1995.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire Trainer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1942

Paul Day in the cockpit of Karen English’s ex-BBMF Spitfire PR.XIX PS853 at North Weald on January 12, 1996. He has been reunited with the aircraft while carrying out its permit renewal test-flying.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

TFC Spitfire FR.XIVE MV293 in all-silver scheme at the Flying Legends Display, Duxford, in July 1995.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Former Indian Air Force FR.XIVE NH749 in SEAC colours at the West Mailing display in 1985. Acquired by Keith Wickenden after it was brought back to the UK in 1978, it was rebuilt by Craig Charleston. It currently flies as H749/L in California.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Day taxying out for a private display flight in Spitfire PR.XIX PS853 at North Weald on January 12, 1996.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

The only airworthy FR.XVIIIE is Rudy Frasca’s TP280, rebuilt by the owner and Historic Flying.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

FR.XIVC NH904 of Planes of Fame East is registered N114BP.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's PR.XIX PM631 is being overhauled by Historic Flying and is expected to return to the BBMF in April in a PR scheme.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

PR.XIX PS853, which served with the BBMF from its inception until 1994, is currently for sale in blue PR colours.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Another view of Paul Day taxying PS853 at North Weald.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

The BBMF’s PR.XIX PS915 is painted to represent the prototype Mk XIV.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV / FR.XVIII / PR.XIX - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943