Spitfires must fly or risk being lost to history, warns aircraft engineer

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Spitfires must fly or risk being lost to history, warns aircraft engineer
Just 60 historic planes remain airworthy ahead of D-Day anniversary
Telegraph Reporters 2 June 2024 • 4:31pm

Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, nestled outside of London, is believed to be the world’s largest Spitfire restoration and passenger flight hangar, and the team are currently working to revive their 17th Spitfire to an airworthy condition since opening in 2011.

Alex Monk, 25, who works at the family business, believes that all Spitfire’s “have a story to tell” but efforts need to be made before their stories are lost to history.

“We’re at the point now of everything transferring out of living memory,” Mr Monk said. “The only link that future generations will get to this other than grainy pictures in textbooks will be seeing these machines.

Spitfires must fly or risk being lost to history, warns aircraft engineer

Just 60 historic planes remain airworthy ahead of D-Day anniversary

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