Shocked neighbors: a man placed a plane in the Second World War in the garden (photo)

Jan Fox spent about two years to restore and repaint the aircraft. In gratitude to his wife for understanding, he added her name to the fuselage. 55-year-old British Jan Fox, who was captured by aviation, amazed at his neighbors, installing a full-size copy of the legendary Spitfire fighter in his garden. About it writes Daily Star. The huge fiberglass model Spitfire MK IX, 30 feet long and 36 feet wings, was previously in the Imperial Museum of Daxford, where it was used for reconstruction.

However, after the damage obtained during the storm, it was transferred to the Fenland Aviation Museum, and then, after its closure, he purchased Jan Fox. The enthusiast spent two years on the restoration and repainting of the aircraft. To express her gratitude to his wife for understanding, Fox added to his wife's name - Helen. "I couldn't just put a few garden gnomes - no one would noticed them. Pleased to have such a garden detail, everyone likes to see it.

I think it brings joy to other people more than me. People stop, make photos and even go to chat," - said Jan. The publication also notes that a few weeks after the installation of an unusual exhibit, the United Kingdom said goodbye to another legend related to Spitfire. On January 24, at the age of 103, Jack Hemmings, who participated in the fighting of the Second World War, passed the pilot of the royal Air Force.

Hemmings defended the Gulf of the Japanese invasion, and after the war he devoted himself to humanitarian work. In 1948, he co -founded Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), which provides humanitarian aid transportation to distant areas of the world. In February 2023, at the age of 102, the veteran again rose to the sky on Spitfire, making a flight from the Biggin-Hill airfield as part of the money raising for MAF. Later, this flight was called "igniting; inductive.

" Jack Hemmings was awarded the Cross of the Air Force for his courage and received the honorary title of "Air Pilot Master". Earlier, Focus reported that the plane was left without a pilot during a transatlantic flight. The captain of the aircraft, feeling weak, went to the crew area and suddenly lost consciousness. The flight attendants gave him first aid. It also became known that the tourist found a full -fledged plane in his hotel room. The man expected to get a standard hotel room.