Magnificant Spitfire photographs
May 23, 2016 12:49:24 #
May 23, 2016 14:06:15 #
Thank you for posting these great shots of my favourite airplane. One flew low over my head last summer and it is still Awesome!..
May 23, 2016 15:27:27 #
May 23, 2016 16:01:51 #
DaveMM wrote:
This has just appeared in the UK Daily Telegraph, ... (show quote)
Beautiful photos to be sure... thanks for posting.
May 23, 2016 17:04:33 #
May 23, 2016 17:28:50 #
Some have three bladed props and some four, does anyone know the significance?
May 23, 2016 17:54:54 #
Curtis_Lowe wrote:
Some have three bladed props and some four, does anyone know the significance?
Newer modles. They actually went to 5 blades in later models.
May 23, 2016 18:47:29 #
WayneT wrote:
Newer models. They actually went to 5 blades in later models.
Thanks, that helps and these are awesome shots of what looks like some fun to fly birds!
May 23, 2016 19:21:45 #
Unbelievable but absolutely beautiful photos. Was amazed at the clarity of this iconic warplane. I felt envy when I look at some of my work. Many thanks for posting.
May 23, 2016 19:30:54 #
That is a beautiful plane. Someday I will get my chance to fly in some WWII bird. I'm hoping it is the P-40 like my avatar. On my bucket list. Cheers.
May 24, 2016 05:35:09 #
Curtis_Lowe wrote:
More blades for more powerful engines.Some have three bladed props and some four, does anyone know the significance?
The prototype only had a 2 blade fixed pitch prop, then they went to 3 blade prop that could be set to either fine pitch (for take-off) or coarse pitch for speed. This was followed by 3, 4 and 5 blade constant speed props, which automatically changed pitch to keep a constant engine speed at varying power. As far as I can tell, the five bladed props were fitted to the Griffin engine models. They even tried a contra-rotating six blade (3 blades in each direction) version, but I don't think it entered service.
May 24, 2016 07:01:37 #
ken hubert wrote:
Actually the ME-109F has it beat in both looks and firepower. 
Now that's funny right there. You might now hold the record for "least held minority opinion."
May 24, 2016 09:14:50 #
DaveMM wrote:
This has just appeared in the UK Daily Telegraph, ... (show quote)
Here are a couple of photos of aircraft my dad flew. The first is an older model trainer that they used in Canada. The second photo is my Dad with a service aircraft that he used in England. From his log book he flew MkIII's to MkVII's. He only lost one, got himself in a dog fight during a bombing escort run and ran out of fuel on the way back. He crash landed the aircraft in a sheep meadow in England. They only carried 180 gallons of fuel, 90 in the wings and 90 on their belly tanks. On bombing escort runs they could fly until just before their belly tanks were empty, then they would turn around and drop the belly tanks once empty and fly back on their remaining fuel. If they got held up in any way they would run dry.
Old Trainer in Canada
Service Aircraft in England
May 24, 2016 10:52:27 #
WayneT wrote:
The Spitfire does not appear to have the extended wingtips of the early Mk VII, but it could be a later Mk VII which did not have these. However only 140 of these pressurised aircraft were built and, as far as I can tell, they were used for high-altitude interception of German bombers, so presumably only used in over Britain.Here are a couple of photos of aircraft my dad flew.
My guess would be that it is a Mk IX (or Mk XVI), which was the most produced example of the aircraft and the last major type to use the Merlin (or Packard built Merlin for the Mk XVI).
The rather old (1982) book "The Spitfire Story" by Alfred Price has a great deal of detail on the aircraft.
May 24, 2016 11:55:42 #
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