Want to buy a Spitfire?

**Degordon** · 09-20-2015 07:51

This makes a great read. Costs a fortune to keep one in the air.

https://grrc.goodwood.com/cool-stuff...UGEoJ18Dlhm.97

**Stumptonian** · 09-20-2015 09:32

Thanks for posting.
I don't think even a lottery win will make this possible ....

**Barkmann** · 09-20-2015 10:58

I was more looking foward to buying a Fokker E.III lol

But after seeing this I dont want to even imagine the price of that!

**Jager** · 09-20-2015 13:22

Originally Posted by Barkmann

I was more looking foward to buying a Fokker E.III lol

But after seeing this I dont want to even imagine the price of that!

Actually, for a repro, not much at all. Better (your laws may vary), in the USA and UK, they count as ultra-lights, so do not need a pilots license.

Karl

**Flying Helmut** · 09-20-2015 14:09

That's a bargain - I'll take 2! (in my dreams, of course................)

**csadn** · 09-20-2015 15:12

Originally Posted by Flying Helmut

That's a bargain - I'll take 2! (in my dreams, of course................)

http://www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/Fo...4scale%7D.html

3/4-scale, but:

http://www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/ai...orderform.html

$4,995 for a basic kit; or $5,495 for the whole match minus engine (there's so many available, prices are all over the place).

**Barkmann** · 09-20-2015 17:26

Originally Posted by Jager

Actually, for a repro, not much at all. Better (your laws may vary), in the USA and UK, they count as ultra-lights, so do not need a pilots license.

Karl

What a nice info! I was just joking, but now its actually seems a really great idea to get some E.IIIs and Moranes lol.

**Old Fashion** · 09-20-2015 18:41

Did someone say Kickstarter...or lemonade stand?

**Degordon** · 09-21-2015 04:41

You can get replica spitfires from supermarine aircraft at 75%, 80% and 90% scale

http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/mk26b-90
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/MK2680
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/MK2575

**Tonx** · 09-22-2015 08:19

It's not the value of the aircraft or what it requires that's going to be the dream-smasher ... It's the insurance! Especially after the recent air show or vintage aircraft accidents there have been in the UK.

I noted that the article very sensibly stated that there are structural and performance-related limitations which are there to stop amateurs from hooning around the skies as they please: Exceed these even once and the examination the aircraft has to undergo costs GBP £120,000!

Wonder what an article like this on buying and preserving an airworthy NA P-51D Mustang would reveal in terms of figures? The insurance would still be the worst of it I'm sure ...