Time to catch up on my AAR’s…
I flew this leg several days ago but didn’t get around to writing it up.
Exeter to Goodwood in the Aeroplane heaven Spitfire Mk 1a
Tucking up the gear I start an immediate turn to the southeast.
I follow the coast for a few minutes and I’m back in familiar territory. Here we see the small town of Beer (yes, the town is actually called Beer 
), and beyond that we have Seaton and Axmouth.
After turning up the Axe valley (named after the river Axe) I fly over my old home town of Colyton. I lived here from the age of 11 until I joined the RAF at 18.
On the other side of the valley is the village of Musbury where my Grandmother lived.
I turned back to the coast and continued eastward…this is Lyme Regis with it’s famous harbour (known as the Cobb). I used to enjoy sitting on the Cobb eating fish and chips while watching the boats coming and going.
Continuing along the coast, I passed Portland Bill, which is a very prominent landmark. It was also the site of a Royal Navy base until the late 90’s .
Beyond Portland, I head toward Bournemouth and Southampton. Here, I am about to fly over Brownsea Island, which is where Sir Robert Baden Powell conducted the first Boy Scout camp back in 1907.
Southampton airport in sight…seeing as I’m flying an early mark Spitfire, it seems only right that I do a flypast… (the prototype spitfire made it’s first flight from here in 1936).
It was just as well that I didn’t intend to land here and that AI driven ‘Heavy’ was seemingly stuck on the runway.
Finally we reach Goodwood…
Turning final over the racetrack…
Goodwood is home to several Spitfires including G-IRTY the silver Mk IX that flew around the world back in 2019. G-IRTY is sat there in the hangar.
