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Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 and Spitfire Pilot 'Jim Schofield'

Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 and Spitfire Pilot 'Jim Schofield'

BonusReleased Monday, 21st June 2021
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Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 and Spitfire Pilot 'Jim Schofield'

Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 and Spitfire Pilot 'Jim Schofield'

Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 and Spitfire Pilot 'Jim Schofield'

Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 and Spitfire Pilot 'Jim Schofield'

BonusMonday, 21st June 2021
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With the Curling Brothers unavailable, Roy And James got together to mark the 85th anniversary of the first public display of the Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054.

We catch up on the latest aviation news, answer a superb 'Ask James' question and conduct arguably the best Top Landing Gear quiz ever! 

It is also the perfect excuse to repeat our interview with the Spitfire pilot Jim Schofield. Chief pilot at the Boultbee Academy Where YOU can fly in a Spitfire!

Jim has flown over 100 types and a century of front-line fighters: 1917 Bristol Fighter, SE5a, Spitfire, Mustang, Viggen, Jaguar, Harrier, Tornado, Gripen, Typhoon, F-15, F-16, F/A-18 and F-35. He was one of the first pilots to land an F-35 on a ship at night. He is a UK and US instructor, a display pilot evaluator, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, father of two and a lovely lovely  man! 

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