Keeping The Planes From The Battle of Britain Flying

A Mk XIX Spitfire at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight hanger in Lincolnshire, wearing the colour scheme of 81 squadron, which flew the last RAF Spitfire sortie in 1954

How The Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Keeps Spitfires And Lancasters In The Air -- The Daily Mail

This Friday a Spitfire and a Hurricane will fly over London to mark the 70th anniversary of Churchill's 'The Few' speech. But the fact that these rare aircraft can still fly is only because of the tireless, painstaking work of the men of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

The Mk XIX Spitfire comes screaming through the skies. Banking to the left, the aircraft pulls up and swings around for another pass. It swoops down again, tearing fast and low above the heads of a small crowd gathered at the edge of the RAF base at Coningsby in Lincolnshire. A row of Typhoon jets - the supersonic fighters that head up the RAF's fleet - sit waiting for their pilots. But all eyes are on the Spitfire, as the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine's throaty growl echoes around the base.

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My Comment: To keep those planes flying .... that is a true labor of love.