Spitfire to take flight over city again (From Daily Echo)
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Spitfire to take flight over city again
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Spitfire to take flight over city again
IT is the Hampshire designed fighter plane that symbolised Britain’s bulldog spirit during the Second World War.
But 70 years after it marshalled the skies, the iconic roar of the Spitfire will once again ring out over Southampton, this afternoon.
Thousands will scan the sky as the famous aircraft banks three times over its spiritual home.
It will arrive in formation with a Hurricane and the UK’s only flying Lancaster bomber over Southampton Water.
The thrilling spectacle has been organised to coincide with celebrations to mark 100 years since the first ever flight in south Hampshire.
It will also mark the 70- year anniversary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which is carrying out the flypast.
Crowds are expected to gather on the waterfront from Weston Shore to Hamble Point as the planes roar past three times.
Organisers are expecting so many people, that they have urged them to use public transport to reach the shore-side viewing points.
The three aircraft will arrive from the north, with the best viewing points said to be along Southampton Water from Weston Shore to Royal Victoria Country Park and Hamble Point.
The flypasts, at 4.15pm, will be subject to weather conditions and visitors are being told to allow ten minutes either side of the event.
The flypast comes as the Daily Echo continues its campaign for a lasting tribute to the men and women who helped build and fly the Spitfire.
And the event, a joint venture between Hampshire County, Eastleigh Borough and Southampton City Councils, is the latest in a string of celebrations to mark the centenary of flying from the city’s airport.
Hampshire’s proud links with flying date back to 1910 when Edwin Rowland Moon sped along the fields at North Stoneham Farm in his homemade Moonbeam II aircraft before taking to the skies.
The triumphant flight – the first ever in this region – set in motion a golden era for aviation in Hampshire.
These days, thousands are employed in the industry across the county in a range of businesses from supplying materials and providing services, to specialised aeronautical engineering.
Best places to park
■ The pay and display at Royal Victoria Country Park
■ Hamble Point along School Lane in Hamble
■ Limited parking availability along Ensign Way and Westfield Common in Hamble
■ On and off road parking available all along Weston Shore
■ Public car park at New Road in Netley
Comments(20)
P.OSTER
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1:12pm Sat 24 Jul 10
88hythe
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2:38pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Brite Spark wrote:It is because they do not want any focker's there
I presume this is happening today, the journo doesn't point this out - no surprise there.
Saint Cope
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2:38pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Brite Spark
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3:04pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Dan Kerins
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4:27pm Sat 24 Jul 10
col123
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4:40pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Brite Spark
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4:54pm Sat 24 Jul 10
He's only making it worse! The Echo journo added that bit about half past 3 after us poster had once again urged him to proof read his work.
col123
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5:15pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Brite Spark wrote:I saw it earlier this week in the Echo earlier this week complete with date and times.Perhaps Brite Spark if you read the Echo properly you also would have seen it. "They scream and they shout...............
"will once again ring out over Southampton, this afternoon". He's only making it worse! The Echo journo added that bit about half past 3 after us poster had once again urged him to proof read his work.
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OSPREYSAINT
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5:21pm Sat 24 Jul 10
ottermill
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6:17pm Sat 24 Jul 10
you are an old misey guts, get out of bed the wrong side or what?
ju_ju68
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6:31pm Sat 24 Jul 10
EM27,
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7:41pm Sat 24 Jul 10
OSPREYSAINT wrote:If they show pictures of the flyover afrom Eastleigh it will look like they're over Dresden at the end of the war.
A lovely site and a wonderful noise too, super stuff, looking forward to the pictures.
saints,till,i,die
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8:39pm Sat 24 Jul 10
THEY LOOKED FANTASTIC
saints,till,i,die
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8:39pm Sat 24 Jul 10
THEY LOOKED FANTASTIC
Scrutinizer
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9:06pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Condor Man
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10:27pm Sat 24 Jul 10
Northamboy
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11:43am Sun 25 Jul 10
Hopefully someone with a better understanding of English will change it to 'famous' rather than infamous.
southy
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12:37pm Sun 25 Jul 10
Northamboy wrote:one meaning for infamous is, having notability for the wrong reasons. war is such a reason even when been push in to war.
In the later piece above this reference the flypast it refers to the Spitfire being infamous! Perhaps the reporter should look up the meaning of 'infamous' prior to publishing!
Hopefully someone with a better understanding of English will change it to 'famous' rather than infamous.
Scrutinizer
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1:17pm Mon 26 Jul 10
southy wrote:You continue to make the most silly comments, you really do...
Northamboy wrote: In the later piece above this reference the flypast it refers to the Spitfire being infamous! Perhaps the reporter should look up the meaning of 'infamous' prior to publishing! Hopefully someone with a better understanding of English will change it to 'famous' rather than infamous.one meaning for infamous is, having notability for the wrong reasons. war is such a reason even when been push in to war.
Brite Spark says...
12:07pm Sat 24 Jul 10