A schedule of each flypast made by Spitfire PL983 will be announced on this page (as well as the
Facebook page) which will include a list of hospitals along with timings and usually a Google Map of the most likely route. The Spitfire flypasts can be tracked using several aircraft trackers which can be found
here.
Spitfire PL983 Flypasts (Click links to see Spitfire Route for each date):
• Sunday 5th July 2020 route.
• Sunday 10th July 2020 route.
• Sunday 11th July 2020 route.
• Saturday 18th July 2020 route & display.
• Saturday 1st August 2020 route.
• Tuesday 18th August 2020 route.
• Sunday 30th August 2020 route.
• Saturday 12th September 2020 route.
• Wed 16th, Thur 17th & Fri 18th September 2020 routes.
• Tue 22nd September 2020 routes.
Aircraft Restoration Company's Spitfire PR.XI (PL983) will be performing a flypast of several NHS Hospitals on Sunday 5th July 2020 to celebrate the 72nd Birthday of the National Health Service (NHS).
The Spitfire will take-off from Duxford, perform a flypast of several NHS Hospitals, with the message 'Thank U NHS' under its wings, before returning back to Duxford.
Spitfire Flypast Schedule (Sunday 5.7.20):
• 4.20pm - Duxford Airfield
• 4.28pm - Welwyn Garden City Queen Elizabeth II Hospital NHS
• 4.33pm - Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS
• 4.36pm - Stevenage Lister Hospital NHS
• 4.41pm - Bedford Hospital NHS
• 4.47pm - Huntingdon Hinchingbrooke Hospital NHS
• 4.53pm - Witchford Village
• 4.58pm - Fulbourne Hospital NHS
• 5.00pm - Cambridge Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS
• 5.02pm - Royal Papworth Hospital NHS
• 5.10pm - Duxford Airfield
Aircraft Restoration Company's Spitfire PR.XI (PL983) will be flying a number of different routes over NHS hospitals across the UK mainland over the summer.
The National Health Service was launched by Aneurin (Nye) Bevan on the 5th July 1948 as one of the major social reforms following the Second World War.
The NHS was born out of the ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth and the founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery.
The whole country is invited to come together at 5pm on Sunday 5th July 2020 to applaud all those who have been helping us through the COVID-19 pandemic and recognise the vital community connections that continue to support us all.
A rough map of the possible Spitfire route on Sunday 5th July 2020:
From the Aircraft Restoration Company Facebook Page:
Over the course of the next few months (5th July - 20th September 2020) we are going to be hand writing 80,000 names onto our photo-reconnaissance blue Spitfire PL983 'L'. We need your help though, as the names we would like to add are those of your local heroes! A kind neighbour, family member on the front line, volunteer PPE producer, or anyone who has helped / inspired you through the Covid-19 Pandemic. You can now say thank you to them by nominating their name for inclusion in the 80,000 names to go onto the NHS Spitfire.
Each name nominated will also help us together as a nation say thank you to the NHS by contributing to the NHS Charities Together charity. To nominate a name you simply need to visit our JustGiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nhsspitfire - and donate a minimum of £10 along with the name of the person and the reason for the nomination in the donation comment (instructions for donations included in JustGiving page story). We will be adding the names throughout the Summer and sharing updates via our social media pages as the blue outer-surface of the Spitfire slowly begins to be covered in the names of our nations local heroes!
A modern day Spitfire fund, with a twist, set up to support our incredible NHS and to simply say 'Thank You'...
• Aircraft Restoration Company Facebook Page.
Aircraft Restoration Company's Spitfire PR.XI (PL983) will be flying a number of different routes across the UK mainland over NHS hospitals this summer.
A second NHS Spitfire flight on Friday 10th July 2020 in the morning and afternoon:
Spitfire Flypast Schedule Morning (Friday 10.7.20):
• 10.00am - Duxford Airfield takeoff
• 10.10am - Braintree Community Hospital NHS
• 10.14am - Chelmsford - Broomfield Hospital NHS
• 10.20am - Basildon University Hospital NHS
• 10.24am - Dartford - Darent Valley Hospital NHS
• 10.28am - NHS Nightingale Hospital
• 10.36am - Loughton Ambulance Service NHS
• 10.40am - North Weald Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Service
• 10.43am - Harlow - Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS
• 10.48am - Hertford County Hospital NHS
• 11.10am - Cambridge - Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS
• 11.15am - Duxford Airfield Landing
Spitfire Flypast Schedule Afternoon (Friday 10.7.20):
• 3.00pm - Duxford Airfield takeoff
• 3.15pm - Northampton General Hospital NHS
• 3.26pm - Peterborough City Hospital NHS
• 3.36pm - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn NHS
• 3.49pm - Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS
• 4.00pm - RAF Lakenheath Hospital
• 4.06pm - Bury St Edmunds - West Suffolk Hospital NHS
• 4.15pm - Ipswich Hospital NHS
• 4.20pm - Colchester Hospital NHS
• 4.25pm - Earls Colne Air Ambulance base
• 4.40pm - Duxford Airfield Landing
NHS Spitfire flight on Saturday 11th July 2020:
Spitfire Flypast Schedule (Saturday 11.7.20):
• 5.00pm - Humberside Airport takeoff
• 5.05pm - Scunthorpe General Hospital NHS
• 5.15pm - Doncaster Royal Infirmary NHS
• 5.20pm - Barnsley Hospital NHS
• 5.25pm - Rotherham General Hospital NHS
• 5.28pm - Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS
• 5.32pm - Sutton-in-Ashfield - Kings Mill Hospital NHS
• 5.36pm - Nottingham City Hospital NHS
• 5.42pm - Newark-on-Trent - Newark Hospital NHS
• 5.50pm - Lincoln County Hospital NHS
• 6.00pm - Louth - County Hospital Louth NHS
• 6.05pm - Grimsby - Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital NHS
• 6.10pm - Humberside Airport Landing
Updates:
• 3.00pm - Boston Pilgrim Hospital
• 5.28pm - Bassetlaw District General Hospital
NHS Spitfire flight on Saturday 18th July 2020:
Spitfire Flypast Schedule (Saturday 18.7.20):
• 1. 2.25pm - Duxford Airfield takeoff
• 2. 2.35pm - St Albans City Hospital NHS
• 3. 2.40pm - Hemel Hempstead General Hospital NHS
• 4. 2.45pm - Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS
• 5. 2.50pm - Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS
• 6. 3.00pm - Old Warden Airfield - Land & Display
The NHS Spitfire will then take part in the
Shuttleworth Drive-in Evening Air Show at Old Warden.
NHS Spitfire Route (Sat 1st August 2020) updated:
• 1. 11.00am - Duxford Airfield (Take-off)
• 2. 11.15am - Southend University Hospital NHS
• 3. 11.20am - Medway Maritime Hospital NHS
• 3a. 11.24am - Maidstone Hospital NHS
• 4. 11.27am - Kent and Canterbury Hospital NHS
• 5. 11.32am - Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital NHS - Margate
• 6. 11.37am - Buckland Hospital NHS - Dover
• 7. 11.42am - Royal Victoria Hospital NHS - Folkestone
• 8. 11.46am - William Harvey Ashford Hospital NHS
• 9. 11.55am - Conquest Hospital NHS - Hastings
• 10. 12.00pm - Bexhill Hospital NHS
• 11. 12.05pm - Eastbourne District General Hospital NHS
• 12. 12.10pm - Brighton General & Royal Sussex County Hospital NHS
• 13. 12.18pm - Worthing Hospital NHS
• 14. 12.25pm - Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital NHS
• 15. 12.29pm - St Richard's Hospital NHS - Chichester
• 16. 12.30pm - Goodwood Aerodrome (Land)
• 1. 3.00pm - Goodwood Aerodrome (Take-off)
• 2. 3.05pm - Queen Alexandra Hospital NHS - Portsmouth
• 3. 3.10pm - St Mary's Hospital NHS - Newport, Isle of Wight
• 4. 3.20pm - Poole Hospital NHS
• 5. 3.25pm - Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS
• 6. 3.32pm - University Hospital Southampton NHS
• 7. 3.47pm - Salisbury District Hospital NHS
• 8. 3.55pm - Royal Hampshire County Hospital NHS - Winchester
• 9. 4.00pm - Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital NHS
• 10. 4.05pm - Frimley Park Hospital NHS
• 11. 4.10pm - Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS - Reading
• 12. 4.18pm - Amersham Hospital NHS
• 13. 4.26pm - Oxford University Hospitals NHS
• 14. 4.30pm - Watford General Hospital NHS
• 15. 4.40pm - Duxford Airfield (Land)
• Sunday 2nd August - NHS Spitfire to perform flypast of Silverstone.
NHS Spitfire Route (Tue 18th August 2020) Updated route:
• 1. 10.00am - Duxford Airfield (Take-off)
• 2. 10.15am - Kettering General Hospital NHS
• 3. 10.22am - Danetre Hospital NHS - Daventry
• 4. 10.26am - Hospital of St Cross NHS, Rugby
• 5. 10.33am - University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS
• 6. 10.40am - Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS, Birmingham
• 7. 10.45am - New Cross Hospital NHS, Wolverhampton
• 8. 10.51am - The Princess Royal Hospital NHS, Telford
• 9. 10.55am - The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
• 10. 11.02am - Ludlow Community Hospital NHS
• 11. 11.10am - Hereford County Hospital NHS
• 12. 11.17am - Worcester Royal Hospital NHS
• 13. 11.25am - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Cheltenham
• 14. 11.30am - Gloucester Royal Hospital NHS
• 15. 11.35am - Cotswold Airport, Kemble (Land)
• 1. 2.00pm - Cotswold Airport, Kemble (Take-off)
• 2. 2.05pm - Great Western Hospital NHS - Swindon
• 3. 2.12pm - Chippenham Community Hospital NHS
• 4. 2.16pm - Trowbridge Community Hospital NHS
• 5. 2.20pm - Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
• 6. 2.25pm - Southmead Hospital - North Bristol NHS Trust
• 7. 2.27pm - Bristol Royal Infirmary NHS
• 8. 2.38pm - Yeovil District Hospital NHS
• 9. 2.45pm - Musgrove Park Hospital NHS - Taunton
• 10. 2.53pm - Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS - Wonford
• 11. 3.05pm - North Devon District Hospital NHS - Barnstaple
• 12. 3.18pm - Morriston Hospital NHS - Swansea
• 13. 3.30pm - University Hospital of Wales NHS - Cardiff
• 14. 3.35pm - Royal Gwent Hospital NHS - Newport
• 15. 3.40pm - Chepstow Community Hospital NHS
• 16. 3.50pm - Cotswold Airport, Kemble (Land)
• 4.55pm - Departing Cotswold Airport, Kemble (Take-off)
• 5.00pm - Great Western Hospital NHS - Swindon - on the way back to Duxford
Route & Timings are estimates & subject to weather and slight changes
NHS Spitfire Route (Sun 30th August 2020) Updated
• 1. 10.00am - Duxford Airfield - Take-off
• 2. 10.19am - Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS
• 3. 10.27am - Royal Derby Hospital NHS
• 4. 10.37am - Royal Stoke University Hospital NHS
• 4a. 10.41am - Leighton Hospital NHS, Crewe
• 5. 10.47am - Countess of Chester Hospital NHS
• 6. 10.54am - Warrington & Halton Hospital NHS
• 6a. 11.04am - Arrowe Park Hospital NHS
• 7. 11.10am - The Royal Liverpool Hospital NHS
• 8. 11.15am - St Helens Hospital NHS
• 9. 11.20am - Southport & Formby District General Hospital NHS
• 10. 11.26am - Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS
• 11. 11.30am - Blackpool Airport - Land
• 1. 2.00pm - Blackpool Airport - Take-off
• 2. 2.07pm - Royal Lancaster Infirmary NHS
• 3. 2.13pm - Royal Preston Hospital NHS
• 4. 2.18pm - Royal Blackburn Hospital NHS
• 5. 2.26pm - Bradford Royal Infirmary NHS
• 6. 2.30pm - Calderdale Royal Hospital NHS, Halifax
• 7. 2.32pm - Hudderfield Royal Infirmary NHS
• 8. 2.37pm - Rochdale Infirmary NHS
• 9. 2.42pm - Royal Bolton Hospital NHS
• 10. 2.45pm - North Manchester General Hospital NHS
• 11. 2.47pm - Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
• 12. 2.49pm - Trafford General Hospital NHS
• 13. 2.53pm - Wythenshawe Hospital NHS - Altrincham
• 14. 2.55pm - Stepping Hill Hospital NHS - Stockport
• 15. 3.16pm - Melton Mowbray Hospital NHS
• 16. 3.36pm - Duxford Airfield - Land
Route & Timings are estimates & subject to weather and slight changes
NHS Spitfire Route (Sat 12th September 2020)
• 1. 10.30am - Goodwood Aerodrome - Take-off
• 2. 11.10am - Torbay Hospital NHS - Torquay
• 3. 11.18am - Mount Gould Hospital NHS - Plymouth
• 4. 11.20am - Derriford Hospital NHS - Plymouth
• 5. 11.25am - Tavistock Hospital NHS
• 6. 11.34am - Bodmin Community Hospital NHS
• 7. 11.41am - Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS - Truro
• 8. 11.46am - Falmouth Hospital NHS
• 9. 11.50am - Helston Community Hospital NHS
• 10. 11.55am - West Cornwall Hospital NHS - Penzance
• 11. 12.00pm - St Michael's Hospital NHS - Hayle
• 12. 12.05pm - Cambourne Redruth Community Hospital NHS
• 13. 12.08pm - Newquay Hospital NHS
• 14. 12.10pm - Newquay Cornwall Airport - Land
Route & Timings are estimates & subject to weather and slight changes
NHS Spitfire Route (Wed 16th September 2020 updated)
• 1. 3.39pm - Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital NHS
• 2. 3.45pm - Cumberland Infirmary NHS - Carlisle
• 3. 3.49pm - Annan Hospital NHS
• 4. 3.55pm - Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary NHS
• 5. 4.15pm - Cumbernauld Airport - Land
Wed 16.9.20 update - The weather had taken an unexpected turn for the worse with low cloud and poor visibility forcing the NHS Spitfire to return to Duxford and this is the updated list for 16.9.20. The hospitals which have been removed from the original route will be postponed until a later date.
NHS Spitfire Route (Thur 17th September 2020)
• 1. 10.00am - Cumbernauld Airport - Take-off
• 2. 10.10am - Royal Edinburgh Hospital NHS
• 3. 10.11am - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS
• 4. 10.16am - Lynebank Hospital NHS - Dunfermline
• 5. 10.17am - Queen Margaret Hospital NHS - Dunfermline
• 6. 10.24am - Perth Royal Infirmary NHS
• 7. 10.25am - Murray Royal Hospital NHS - Perth
• 8. 10.30am - Ninewells Hospital NHS - Dundee
• 9. 10.31am - Royal Victoria Hospital NHS - Dundee
• 10. 10.39am - Stracathro Hospital NHS
• 11. 10.48am - Woodend Hospital NHS - Aberdeen
• 12. 10.50am - Aberdeen Royal Infirmary NHS
• 13. 11.08am - Dr Gray's Hospital NHS - Elgin
• 14. 11.18am - Raigmore Hospital NHS - Inverness
• 15. 11.20am - New Craig's Psychiatric Hospital NHS - Inverness
• 16. 11.30am - Inverness Airport - Land
• 1. 1.30pm - Inverness Airport - Take-off
• 2. 2.00pm - Stirling Community Hospital NHS
• 3. 2.03pm - Forth Valley Hospital NHS - Falkirk
• 4. 2.08pm - New Stobhill Hospital NHS - Glasgow
• 5. 2.10pm - Gartnaval General Hospital NHS - Glasgow
• 6. 2.12pm - Queen Elizabeth University Hospital NHS - Glasgow
• 7. 2.14pm - Leverndale Hospital NHS - Paisley
• 8. 2.15pm - Dykebar Hospital NHS - Paisley
• 9. 2.17pm - Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS - Paisley
• 10. 2.20pm - University Hospital Hairmyres NHS - East Kilbridge
• 11. 2.25pm - Cumbernauld Airport - Land
• 1. 3.30pm - Cumbernauld Airport - Take-off
• 2. 4.07pm - Causeway Hospital HSC - Coleraine
• 3. 4.16pm - Altnagelvin Hospital HSC - Londonderry
• 4. 4.20pm - Derry Airport - Land
NHS Spitfire Route (Fri 18th September 2020)
• 1. 10.00am - Derry Airport - Take-off
• 2. 10.15am - Craigavon Area Hospital HSC - Portadown
• 3. 10.19am - Armagh Community Hospital HSC
• 4. 10.25am - Daisy Hill Hospital HSC - Newry
• 5. 10.34am - Downeshire Hospital HSC - Downpatrick
• 6. 10.40am - Lagan Valley Hospital HSC - Lisburn
• 7. 10.42am - Musgrave Park Hospital HSC - Belfast
• 8. 10.48am - Antrim Area Hospital HSC
• 9. 10.53am - Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children/Royal Victoria Hospital HSC
• 10. 10.54am - Belfast City Hospital HSC
• 11. 11.00am - Ulster Hospital HSC - Dundonald
• 12. 11.03am - Ards Community Hospital HSC - Newtownards
• 13. 11.10am - Newtownards Airport - Land
• 1. 2.00pm - Newtownards Airport - Take-off
• 2. 2.35pm - Ysbyty Gwynedd NHS - Bangor
• 3. 2.40pm - Llandudno General Hospital NHS
• 4. 2.44pm - Abergele Hospital NHS
• 5. 2.45pm - Glan Clwyd Hospital NHS - Bodelwyddan
• 6. 2.52pm - Wrexham Maelor Hospital NHS
• 7. 3.35pm - Duxford Airfield - Land
Route & Timings are estimates & subject to weather and slight changes
NHS Spitfire Route (Tue 22nd September 2020)
• 1. 11.00am - Duxford Airfield - Take-off
• 2. 11.38am - Pinderfields General Hospital NHS - Wakefield
• 3. 11.42am - St Mary's Hospital NHS - Leeds
• 4. 11.45am - Bradford Royal Infirmary / Lynfield Mount Hospital NHS
• 5. 11.51am - Harrogate District Hospital NHS
• 6. 11.57am - York Hospital NHS
• 7. 12.08pm - Friarage Hospital NHS - Northallerton
• 8. 12.14pm - Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS
• 9. 12.53pm - Teeside Airport - Land
• 1. 1.30pm - Teeside Airport - Take-off
• 2. 1.35pm - University Hospital of North Tees NHS
• 3. 1.38pm - The James Cook University Hospital NHS - Middlesborough
• 4. 1.45pm - University Hospital of Hartlepool NHS
• 5. 1.48pm - Peterlee Community Hospital NHS
• 6. 1.53pm - University Hospital of North Durham NHS
• 7. 1.54pm - Lanchester Road Hospital NHS - Durham
• 8. 1.55pm - Chester Le Street Hospital NHS
• 9. 1.58pm - Sunderland Children's Hospital NHS
• 10. 2.00pm - Sunderland Royal Hospital NHS
• 11. 2.03pm - South Tyneside District Hospital NHS
• 12. 2.05pm - Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS - Gateshead
• 13. 2.07pm - Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital NHS - Newcastle
• 14. 2.08pm - Newcastle Freeman Hospital NHS
• 15. 2.10pm - Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital NHS
• 16. 2.17pm - Hexham General Hospital NHS
• 17. 2.39pm - Airedale General Hospital NHS
• 18. 2.57pm - Alfred Bean Hospital NHS
• 19. 3.03pm - Castle Hill Hospital NHS
• 20. 3.05pm - Hull Royal Infirmary NHS
• 21. 3.10pm - Humberside Airport - Land
Route & Timings are estimates & subject to weather and slight changes
