It happened the first of october 2005 at Valence-Chabeuil airport in France (LFLU).
That day was a bad day for VFR flight. We were there, having arrived few moments ago with yet VFR conditions, but which were becoming closer and closer to marginal conditions.
And suddenly we heard some quite harmonious noise of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine! It was simply the Duxford flying legends Spitifre "U2" and Hurricane "HAC" landing for fuel on their way back from Malta to Duxford.
They were in Malta for the 60th commemoration of the Battle of Brittain thanks to the project "Merlins over Malta - The Defenders return".
Nice surprise indeed, and what a pleasure to have a close encounter with these aircrafts.
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