Duxford today

I managed to grab my camera to catch Spitfire Mk1a P7308/XR•D/G-AIST taking off.

Meanwhile basking in the heat was Spitfire MkIX ML417, converted to T9 by Vickers as part of a batch of ten Spitfire trainers for the Indian Air Force and allocated the serial HS543 which was restored to single seat configuration in the 1980s. She probably thought she was back in India!...