On a recent day, four jetliners -- two Boeing 737s, an Airbus A320 and a Boeing widebody 767 -- were parked in the massive Gore hangar, their tail markings and aircraft registration numbers shrouded under plastic to protect the identities of their owners.

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On Sunday alone, the aircraft with registration number 5N-RAM was already on its fourth trip of the day and scheduled to make another one.

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The company identified the aircraft, based at Goodwood, as a privately-owned Mark IX version of the famous wartime fighter with the registration G-TRIX.

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