The Spitfire MJ444 Restoration | Parky visits Aircraft Restoration Company 

My lads paid for me to go in a Spitfire it was everything I dreamed it would be for 30 mins I was a small boy again BLOODY MAGIC!

@@terrym3837 good lads. Great present!

Ha I find the E types garish especially in a modern context. Not so the spitfire though I find I appreciate the later version more so the early.

Spot on

Yep, they were mass produced, albeit to very high standards, for war. Production lines set up with a large skilled workforce, as opposed to a small bespoke company. They were designed to last a short service life. Now of course, they must comply with incredible and rigorous regulation and need to last forever. The standard of craftsmanship and skill is breathtaking and makes them living works of art. All aircraft have a heart and soul, but perhaps few as overwhelmingly powerful and beautiful as a Spitfire. You can sense the individual personality of this aircraft growing as she nears completion. Truly wonderful.😊

Correction- models T’s left the factory every 30’s at peak production. Actual man hours going into each car were magnitudes higher. Many, many men involved from toolmakers to production line engineers to the foundries and the mechanic themselves not to mention the sub trades such as upholstery and electrics. The genius of production line manufacturing is to compress all these different time and energy inputs.

Many hands building different components in various workshops culminating in an efficient manufacturing assembly line.

Agree about the rear cockpit….doesn’t sit well with me either

Is the extra cockpit for fare paying passengers? The funds are very necessary to keep a machine like that in the air otherwise it probably wouldn't exist at all!

What’s the point of making a childish comment like that?

@@noseyparker6622 Childish? It was an honest factual comment. The work is of a high standard, therefore it's nice (if you ignore the ugly 2nd cockpit). And it's a brand new aircraft - not the aircraft shot down in WW2 - therefore a replica which has been built to carry passengers and make money. Go and look at MH434 if you want to see a genuine spitfire, or most of the BBMF aircraft. Sorry if that upsets you.