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Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9 NEW TOOLING IN 2025!
A05143 – Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9, B Flight, Irish Air Corps / An taerchor, Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, Republic of Ireland/Poblacht nah Eireann, 1951. (A)
A05143 – Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, 1969. (B)
With so many airworthy two-seat Spitfires currently offering members of the public once-in-a-lifetime flight experience opportunities around the country, it’s interesting that every Spitfire T.9 started as a single-seat fighter, either a Mk.VIII or more commonly, a Mk.IX. Also, despite the Spitfire being arguably the most famous fighting aeroplane in history, with over 20,000 aircraft eventually produced, no official two-seat training variants were produced during the Second World War. A post-war phenomenon, the current fleet of Spitfire T.9s is helping to preserve the legacy of this magnificent aircraft.