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Willy's "Let's Sea if she'll Fire on all cylinders to the PI

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Willy's "Let's Sea if she'll Fire on all cylinders to the PI

Went the Santa Ana Swap n Shop and in a neglected back corner found what I at first took to be an early Spitfire. Closer inspection revealed a tail hook... SEAFIRE!! Data plate showed it to be a LIII and it looked like all the pieces were still there. A little haggling and I managed to buy it pretty cheap as is.

Cleaned her up, got the maintenance up to date and got a great deal on a set of snow tires for it (still haven't figured out how they ended up in the Solomons). Figure I'll combine the test flight with the first leg. Save a little time and what could go wrong?
 

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Forgot to add what exactly it is. Aeroplane Heaven Seafire LIII. Paint done for CFS 2 by Uncle Tgt (converted to .dds for FSX by me), Sound pack from default CFS 3 Spitfire IX. The panel is the AH one that I've been mucking about with for years.
 

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And here's a few kodaks from the flight.
 

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Major oops on landing, back to AGGA. Let's try this again
 

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Another oops in the making... Forgot to refuel before take off. Slowing down to make sure I can make it.
 
Some pics from tonight's flights.

For a freebie from a payware company, this old Aeroplane Heaven Seafire is pretty good. Especially considering it's age.
 

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Made a few changes in the panel & vc. Ready to head out to AGGE Ballalae
 
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