Your superb article on Spencer Flack's 'Elstree Air Force' in July's Aeroplane brought back fond memories of Spitfire (ⅩⅣ) G-FIRE's visit to my local airfield, Ards Airport in Newtownards, County Down, some time in the 1980s. I was a frequent visitor to the airfield, especially on the Friday before the Saturday airshow. It was always a day of anticipation, not knowing what might zoom in to position for the next day's flying feast. I was ecstatic when I heard that my favourite mark of Spitfire would be landing very shortly. Being a stickler for detail and authenticity, I was unsure how I would respond to seeing this iconic beast in red! However, when she appeared and flew very, very low and very, very fast over the field, I was converted. To the best of my knowledge this was the first Spitfire to touch down at Ards since the Second World War.
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