The
Merlins Over Malta Team
Clive Denney has been working in the
vintage aircraft restoration business with his wife Linda Denney
for many years; working with the B17 Flying Fortress, Spitfire
restorations and many other vintage aircraft types. Their company
Vintage
Fabrics has an international reputation its aircraft restoration work.
Clive is a qualified Spitfire and Hurricane pilot and also flies in the
"Red Sparrows" Chipmunk formation team.
Glenn Denney has worked with the company for a number of years and
is an IT specialist and is a vintage aircraft owner.
Howard Cook worked with the Messerschmitt Display Team for a nine
years, was Air Display Director of the Rougham Air Display for a six
years. He flies with the
Historic aircraft Collection, Little Diamond
Formation Team, the "Red Sparrows" Chipmunk formation and is a qualified Spitfire
and Hurricane Pilot.
The team now also includes Derek Rusling,
Vic Flores and James Holland.
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- Left to right
- Clive, Howard, Derek, Linda &
Glenn
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Clive, Linda, Glenn and Howard formed the Merlins Over Malta team to
examine the feasibility of taking a Spitfire and Hurricane to Malta in
2005. After discussions with aircraft operators and with the support from
members of the Malta Aviation Museum, Key Publishing and Flypast magazine,
the project was deemed feasible for the target date of September 2005.
The project was supported on the trip by:
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Roche Bentley and Frank Marson who flew the
support aircraft
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Tim Thoday and Bryan Simpson who crewed the
Spitfire and Hurricane
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Rob Friar, Paul & David Littleton and David
Polidano who maintained the aircraft
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Guy & Janice Black and Angus & Tina
Spencer-Nairn, the aircraft owners
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The RAF at War Living History Group
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Muriel Pavlow
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