Author Topic: G-IRTY's round the world flight (Read 3262 times)

Jo · « **on:** August 05, 2019, 05:08:42 PM »

If anyone would like to see a Spitfire who are not in the UK might like to know that two ~~nutters~~ enthusiasts took off from Goodwood this afternoon at 1:30pm for a world tour in a 1944 Vickers Supermarine Spitfire MK IX

, supported by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing’.

Details about the world tour:

https://www.silverspitfire.com/about/what-is-the-expedition/

And the planned route:

https://www.silverspitfire.com/about/route-map/

She is currently here: https://www.silverspitfire.com/about/flight-tracker/

Jo

b.lindsey · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2019, 05:22:08 PM »

Will be fun to follow it's progress. Thanks for the map links Jo.

Bill

Vixen · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2019, 05:34:40 PM »

A Spitfire Mk IX, a Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing and enough fuel for 23,000 miles. Wow.... they are not short of a few quid (or dollars)

Mike

crueby · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2019, 06:38:23 PM »

The stop north of Pittsburgh PA is not that far... Hmmm...!

Art K · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2019, 03:17:05 AM »

Here and I'm thinking Its not anywhere near me. Where was it last weekend for the EAA fly in at Oshkosh?
Art

Jo · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2019, 07:18:11 AM »

Quote from: Art K on August 06, 2019, 03:17:05 AM

Where was it last weekend for the EAA fly in at Oshkosh?

Sitting at Goodwood preparing for the start of the long journey.

They both made it to Lossi yesterday

Jo

Ian S C · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2019, 12:42:34 PM »

Pity they don't have a video of the test flight, that's the sort after bit(to me) when another Mosquito flie, from a chase plane out of Ardmore, either a T-28 Trojan, or a 2 seat Spitfire with the rear canopy removed for the camera.
Good luck to the team, sorry they arn't coming down this end, as they take a short cut around the northern side of the line.
Ian S C

vcutajar · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2019, 08:32:19 PM »

Suspect they had problems today. Reached abeam the Orkney islands and then turned back to Lossiemouth.

Vince

crueby · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2019, 08:36:37 PM »

Thier website does not mention what access to the plane will be available at the airports they stop at, will they have any sort of display/viewing set up? Anyone heard?

AdeV · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2019, 09:42:53 PM »

Quote from: vcutajar on August 06, 2019, 08:32:19 PM

Suspect they had problems today. Reached abeam the Orkney islands and then turned back to Lossiemouth.

Returned due to bad weather, apparently. Interestingly... it seems the support plane DID make it to Iceland, so that could get interesting, logistically...

Jo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2019, 07:22:11 AM »

I am sure one of the RAF Squadrons at Lossi will be more than willing to provide an escort for one of their old aircraft up to Iceland

Jo

Vixen · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2019, 01:39:39 PM »

Just been looking at the weather forecast. Strong winds rising to gale force over the rest of the week and weekend.

G-IRTY will not be attempting the crossing to the Faroes and on to Iceland any time soon.

Mike

steam guy willy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2019, 04:19:20 PM »

Hope it will not be a Vickers Submarine Spitfire !!!

Willy

vcutajar · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2019, 11:57:13 AM »

Made it to Iceland.

Vince

Jo · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2019, 12:05:16 PM »

Jo

Vixen · « **Reply #15 on:** August 09, 2019, 12:28:22 PM »

The flight tracker posted by Jo is working, but sometimes takes several minutes to update itself. She is currently here: https://www.silverspitfire.com/about/flight-tracker/

It would be a great help if they also undated the Estimated Dates of Arrival down route.

It looks like they may have turned about on the Faroes/ Iceland leg, but decided to proceed anyway.

Mike

vcutajar · « **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2019, 08:43:38 PM »

From what I can make out from the flight tracker he made some deviations due to weather and as you said at one point decided to turn back to Faroe most probably due to weather. I suspect he might have seen an opening in the weather and took a chance and made it to Iceland.

Vince

Vixen · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2019, 08:56:05 PM »

If the chase plane was already ahead of them and in Iceland (as ADeV said) then it could relay the Iceland local met conditions to G-IRTY.

Anyone know when they are due to set off on the next leg to Greenland?

Mike

vcutajar · « **Reply #18 on:** August 12, 2019, 11:25:57 AM »

Now in Greenland.

Vince

bent · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2019, 07:07:52 PM »

I get a 404 error for the planned route...Grr. Any chance they are stopping near Seattle, WA USA?

Hmm, ok, found the text route description. Paine Field on 31 August, 4 night stop. Hmmm.

Jo · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2019, 05:02:22 PM »

Looks like she has made it to Ottawa

. She's running 4 days behind behind schedule $:-\$

Jo

b.lindsey · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2019, 06:32:43 PM »

Hopefully the weather across North America will be better.

Bill

crueby · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2019, 06:51:26 PM »

They had same kind of problems with weather ferrying planes over to England back in WWII, at least now the navigation system is better.

Jo · « **Reply #23 on:** August 24, 2019, 05:27:07 PM »

She's just North of the Mexico border

Jo

doubletop · « **Reply #24 on:** August 25, 2019, 09:04:01 AM »

I wondered what it was doing down near the Mexico border when the next stops are Edwards AFB, Santa Monica and then Mojave. Also why was the flight path around Comanche Ranch erratic?

It appears Comanche Ranch is a private airfield in the middle of nowhere so I guess they are doing a courtesy visit to one of their mates /sponsors and the erratic flight path was probably a display.

One of the Facebook comments

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Off the plan a bit? Now a stop at a private ranch airport 1000 miles from the published route.

Pete

Jo · « **Reply #25 on:** December 05, 2019, 07:07:41 AM »

G-IRTY is due to arrive home today

She is currently sitting at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands, the weather is looking good

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepgMwbfjtk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepgMwbfjtk</a>

Jo

Jo · « **Reply #26 on:** December 05, 2019, 01:33:55 PM »

She's just ~~landed~~ doing lots of circuits around her home airfield Goodwood

I hope some of you got to see her on her travels

Jo

Alex · « **Reply #27 on:** December 05, 2019, 02:31:41 PM »

No - at first the web site was not great with regards to points along the way - when I did find out where it visited in Canada - I had found that I had missed it by a couple of days. Oh well...

bent · « **Reply #28 on:** December 05, 2019, 09:13:21 PM »

My experience was similar, they had some delays and the days when it was to be up here at Paine Field in Washington state, I was away on a trip. Ah well.

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