Silver Spitfire Back In Britain After Round-The-World Trip
December 5, 2019
3:14 pm
An original Spitfire plane landed back in Britain on Thursday after successfully completing a first-ever attempt to fly the iconic World War II fighter around the globe.
The gleaming silver aircraft touched down on the grass runway at Goodwood Aerodrome outside Chichester, exactly four months after it took off on August 5.
The restored 76-year-old plane, which flew in World War II, visited 24 countries on its epic journey westwards around the world, clocking up more than 23,300 miles (37,500 kilometres).
The aircraft has been de-militarised, stripped of its guns and paintwork, revealing the shining, silvery aluminium underneath.
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