Originally Posted by
saber25
[FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000]Sometimearound 1987 while I was busy building my RV4, I took a day off from bucking rivets to climb Mt. Grays and Torreys Peak....Just as we started up the saddle toTorreys Peak I thought I could hear that unmistakable sound of a Merlin engine approaching our perch just below 14000ft. Sure enough, out of the east approaching the saddle we were climbing, the beautiful sight of a twin cockpit Spitfire roared past us and slightly below the peaks elevation. The profile of that airplane against the backdrop of Grays Peak as it streaked by is a picture indelibly etched in my mind.
[FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000]That sight was the boost needed to get back to my project which was completed in 33 months....
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Several years later I saw that Spitfire at an air show in Aspen Colorado but never had a chance to tell the pilot of his inspiration to complete my project and keep it on a fast track.
[FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000]I want to take this opportunit and say thanks for the fly by and how much fun it was to see that bird in such a majestic background.