Man buys full-sized Spitfire plane for his front garden

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Ian Fox, 55, has turned his garden into a Spitfire display, owning a full-sized replica along with two more in his shed and a US Navy dive bomber.  The aviation worker bought the fibreglass aircraft after a museum closed, adding it to his growing collection at his Norfolk home.  His love for Spitfires began with childhood model kits, evolving into life-sized replicas built during lockdown.  Visitors, including RAF personnel, frequently stop by to see the aircraft, while his wife Helen, whose name is on the plane’s nose, enjoys watching people appreciate the unique display.

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00:00As a small child, aeroplanes were a large part. I live near Heathrow, not far from RAF Uxbridge.

00:12The whole area where I lived was really all to do with aircraft. So the love of the Spitfire was from RAF Uxbridge.

00:20This is what started it off?

00:21Yeah, this is all started, all designed and scaled up from a radio-controlled model plane. Scaled it all up, built it all out of plywood.

00:32Spent a fortune on screws. This was two years ago, October coming. So yeah, they brought it here and delivered it to me.

00:44They craned it over the fence and parked it up. I left it as it was during the winter and then once the summer started, I could start working on it.

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