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It says much about the pivotal role of the Spitfire in national history that, even today, so many of us can identify the outline in the sky if we’re lucky enough to see one of the surviving fighters at an air display or commemorative event. But what does it take to keep a Battle of Britain Spitfire, or indeed any vintage military aircraft, aloft?

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