My Spitfire Odyssey The Year I Became A Spitfire Hunter Part 1 - Yes by Ian Hewitt YES! In Spring 2018, while travelling to one of the early season air shows, I received a call from an unknown number. Little did I know that the chap on the other end of the line was to become a friend and involve me in a story that I will no doubt tell for the rest of my life. After a brief introduction, Tony Hoskins launched right in. Leaving little room for interjection, which I would come to learn is very much Tony’s way, Tony laid out his plan and how I could help make it happen. With the full plan told I simply spoke a single word. I had no need of due consideration, no need for further time to assess the proposal, no need to number crunch, no diary that would not re-work around the dates. “Yes”…But I did have a condition. Tony’s expedition was to accommodate an additional team member. Tony is a details person, he’d done his research on me and had pre assumed the likelihood of my one condition and therefore he too had no need for due consideration. “Yes…we leave in three months, welcome aboard”. And that was it, as simply as that I was enrolled as part of an expedition to Norway to find and dig up a Spitfire. I hung up my phone, punched the ceiling of the car and spoke the word again… ”YES”.
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