Spitfire

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:39 am

I live a couple of kays away from the Edinburgh Airforce BAse, and right under the flight path. It's fantastic watching the F-18's, F111's and the Orion buzzing around.....

Once a month they get out and have a bit of fun chasing each other around the sky. They are often so low I feel like I could reach out and touch them.

Here's a couple of pics I managed to snap the other day as the Orion came in for landing.

smek · Post by **smek** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:15 pm

Smitty wrote:
tanyathecheeky wrote: Pity the zero kicked butt on both of them
the Mustang was a match for the Mitsubishi Zero
....only after they stuck the Spitfire based V12 Merlin engine in it

bah you can't make a comparison between the two. the zero was outclassed by the time mustangs entered service.
of course the kawasaki planes were a different matter

It's what makes kawasaki so much cooler than honda, yamaha & suzuki.

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:38 pm

The ABC ???? Is that the channel pensioners watch thats in Black&White ??????

Discovery and Nat Geo boys get with the program

mario

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:10 pm

mfzx6r wrote:The ABC ???? Is that the channel pensioners watch thats in Black&White ??????

Discovery and Nat Geo boys get with the program

mario

Marz

this is 'jolly what...ol' boys hiphip hurrah' stuff
we in blighty are gunna get the Hun!

and thank goodness they did
otherwise we would be walking around going...
schnell... guten arben...himmel...ficker

ttc · Post by **ttc** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:26 pm

planes rock... especially the WWII ones.. I studied WWII as a special project at school, amazing all the things that went on.

Strangely enough I love planes - hate to fly

trains are cool too

Aussie Ninja · Post by **Aussie Ninja** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:51 pm

Fasinating fact. If you have to abort a landing in a Spitfire or Mustang and you just slam the throttle open, the engines torque will roll the plane over and slam you into the ground.

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:23 pm

You gotta love the Mosquito , wow , 2 Merlins and enough speed to ditch weapons to put in cameras and know that you are the fastest thing in the sky ! (at the time) Bit like riding a 10 past a TOG car with a radar gun

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:23 pm

cant beat the flying cock

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:28 pm

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:41 pm

I was making fun of the ABC
But you Duane are an idiot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.

When I was in Darwin a few years back they have a great display in the
old oil tank tunnels under the city all about the Spitfires etc and world war 2.

mario

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:46 pm

the kid wrote:You gotta love the Mosquito , wow , 2 Merlins and enough speed to ditch weapons to put in cameras and know that you are the fastest thing in the sky ! (at the time) Bit like riding a 10 past a TOG car with a radar gun

interesting photo Bill

not often you see a Mosquito in DDay battle colours

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:53 pm

Aussie Ninja wrote:Fasinating fact. If you have to abort a landing in a Spitfire or Mustang and you just slam the throttle open, the engines torque will roll the plane over and slam you into the ground.

and the reverse.....
forget to switch the prop pitch as you go to take orf
and all you will do is remove the farmers fence in the next property
the fastest Spitfire on the ground
'til it hit a tree or haystack

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:12 am

& just think they threw young guys with MINIMAL flying experience into these things & expected them to not only fly them but somehow manage to shot other planes down!

nahima · Post by **nahima** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:38 am

All the old WWII planes are just awesome. I painted a spitfire for my brother when he got his pilot's licence - always loved that plane.

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:25 am

Ah I'll have a Me262 in "Candy Gold Spark/Black Pearl" please.
Cheers Brett