Multiple Cameras, 4K of Hellenic Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc MJ755, first landing in Greece on 27/5/2021 and few hours later at Tatoi Airport.
Flew as G-CLGS, departed 25 May 2021 from Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar at the old Battle of Britain aerodrome and arrived in Greece two days later.
Route/legs:
25MAY2021 Biggin Hill-Valence
26MAY2021 Valence-Brindisi
27MAY2021 Brindisi-Corfu-Araxos-Tatoi
The aircraft has been under restoration since 2018 and flew again in Greece since 1953!
This video is a co-production by @BILLYKRAN30
Video Index:
00:01 Intro clip
00:28 Route Map of delivery flight
00:53 Low pass Spitfire and 2x F16 HAF rubway 16 Corfu
03:33 Spitfire Landing runway 16 Corfu
05:19 Spitfire taxi to parking at Corfu (multicam/overlaps)
08:42 Spitfire static footage at Corfu apron
10:08 Spitfire start-up at Corfu destination Araxos
11:43 Corfu airport fence with people waiting for the Spitfire
12:35 Spitfire take-off runway 16 Corfu (multicam)
13:36 Spitfire at Tatoi, few hours later arriving from Araxos
Relevant Videos:
HAF Spitfire First Landing in Greece - Corfu 27/5/2021 - [ Ссылка ]
HAF Spitfire MJ755 - First solo display at Tatoi Airport - [ Ссылка ]
This video production could not be possible without the assistance by the following people/companies:
Fraport Greece - Corfu Airport
Michael Lellas
Spyros Kastamonitis
Marios Kades
Petritsis Nikos
Spyros Konofaos
Anna Apartments (Mrs Anna)
Nisos Restaurant Cafe (to our friend George Giannis)
☕ You can now buy a coffee ☕ for 11Aviation Videos here: [ Ссылка ]
Following the war, the RAF transferred a number of Supermarine Spitfires to Greece to aid the nation’s efforts in rebuilding their air force. MJ755 was one of some 77 Spitfires which Britain sent to the Hellenic Air Force. She arrived in Greece on February 27th, 1947, and joined 335 Squadron at Sides during April. By 1949, MJ755 had been relegated to the Air Force Pilot’s School at Tatoi Air Base in Dekeleia to become a part of the Reserve Pilots Training Center. The Spitfire journeyed to Athens in 1950 for a full overhaul at the State Aircraft Factory, being fitted with two cameras for aerial reconnaissance missions. Her last flight came on September 8th, 1953, afterwhich she went into storage with the Aircraft Storage Squadron at Hellenikon Air Base, and from there, back again to Tatoi for gate guard duties. The Spitfire later became a part of the Hellenic War Museum in Athens, sitting on external display for several decades before being formally transferred to the newly-formed Hellenic Air Force Museum at Dekeleia in 1995.
More details here: [ Ссылка ]
