Carolyn Grace

This confirms just how long ML407 has been attended to by Richard Grace he is two years old here cleaning our family Spitfire at Fighter Meet at West Maling - now look at the film in my earlier tweet-puts it into perspective!

Ultimate Warbird Flights, Spitfire Experiences since 1985 youtu.be/kigsvNyJ_CM via @YouTube. This is our brand new film and it will blow your emotions away.

This has to be the most excitingly exceptional one off experience! Nellie is such a legend to watch her close up at all angles in flight will be astounding!

Would you like a free air to air photo of you flying in any one of our 3 dual control warbirds - book your flight before end January 2019 to secure this fab offer: flights@ML407.co.uk

And here it is for you to get a ‘taster’ of what we now offer.

UltimateWarbirdFlights in triplicate. Grace Spitfire with new two-seat playmates! Incredible sight, sound and whole new experience you can now have! FLIGHTS@ML407.co.uk

Mary Ellis has so sadly died. This is Mary and me about to go flying in our Spitfire from Sandown Isle of Wight on a glorious sunny day. Now I feel Mary will always be flying in a Spitfire on a sunny day just as she would wish to be

ML407 with her latest Hangar companions out ready for flying in the sun at Sywell today She is still the Queen of the Air Leasing Team though.

ML407 holding the fort - just! Though 3 to 1 was often the odds for Spitfire / ME109. Now imagine a day out - two mates - 1 in ML407 other in our 2 seat Buchon/ME109 flanked by a Spitfire V and a Buchon/ME109 four engines what a sound what a sight!

Grace Spitfire and Buchon (ME109) flew together this week with our first dual flight passengers You can now book your flight in this original historical aircraft the only two seat Buchon in the world. Flights@ML407.co.uk ultimatewarbirdflights.com

ML407 in full D-Day markings painted on with rollers and brushes as done 74 years ago for Johnnie Houlton DFC to fly his Spitfire on the Overlord (D-Day) battle where they shot down the first enemy aircraft on D-Day at Omaha Beach. We, with ML407 honour those who saved so many.

Today 29th April 74 years ago ML407 was delivered by Jackie Moggridge to Johnnie Houlton- here with ML407 ground crew Vic Strange and Ron White-history saved by Nick Grace then Carolyn Grace now Richard Grace. Emotive day.

A truly astounding achievement again by my incredible team at Air Leasing headed by Richard Grace here doing first engine run this evening on the P47 that arrived in a container 12 days ago inspected/repainted/reassembled - result

Daisy Grace captured yesterday evenings hint of summer as ML407 was being hangared after two days flying making 8 very happy people’s lifelong dream a reality!

A new page from us at Air Leasing not specific to the Grace Spitfire, more of a general insight in to what we are up to. Like us, there's an unseen pic of a new arrival... We also have a shiny new website - ultimatewarbirdflights.com

33 years ago today I sat in our Spitfire ML407, with Nick in front ready to fly the first flight after his 5 year restoration -Richard was 9 months old -this photo shows Richard about to fly me 25 years on same date to commemorate his fathers achievement

Weather has stopped ‘play’ at Sywell for ML407 and our passengers today and tomorrow all so understanding when I called them in advance to tell them

I flew over BofB memorial Capel-le-Ferne looking straight up to camera ship glancing at oil pressure for a millisecond-always checking in formation

September 2004, with ML407’s Merlin engine at full power and me at full concentration, I had the honour of flying in formation with The Red Arrows for a photo shoot + 3 flypasts at Scampton

Me entering a loop in 1994 not pulling too hard so I do not black out, due to G forces, but hard enough to fly a good loop in formation with camera ship which was being flown by the truly incredibly talented Pete Kynsey with John Dibbs on camera who did do a brill job!!