Monday, June 4, 2012

Fairey Firefly down at Gillespie Field, California.

A rare Fairey Firefly left the runway at Gillespie Field in California while participating in the Wings over Gillespie Airshow.

The Firefly was developed from the Fairey Fulmar and was a British Second World War carrier-bourne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. 

It has a crew of two and is powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon engine. To my knowledge, this crash leaves the world with just one or two airworthy Firefly aircraft.








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