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A flypast to honour The Few: 18 Spitfires and Hurricanes take to the skies
UK Daily Mail ^
| 08/18/2015
| EUAN MCLELLAND
Posted on 08/18/2015 12:02:35 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG; zot; Interesting Times; 2ndDivisionVet
DFG, thank you for posting this link to Excellent photo’s of the 75th anniversary of “The Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain. mass flights of currently flying Spitfires and Hurricanes.
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posted on
08/18/2015 3:07:19 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Covenantor
Yowza, that’s one nice car!
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posted on
08/18/2015 3:45:59 PM PDT
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS; DFG
DHG Thanks for the post. AEMILIUS PAULUS It's not only the sight of a Spitfire that's beautiful, of course, but the sound of that Rolls-Royce Merlin engine
To: az_gila
The reference was to
the Spitfire,
"these" particular aircraft almost certainly were not involved.
Available WW2 birds come with many non 1939 RAF markings, as do most of those in these clips.
They also come with dual cockpits, clipped wings, griffin engines, and bubble tops.
I guess you also noted the Pole and a single P51 in the mix?
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posted on
08/18/2015 4:11:08 PM PDT
by
norton
To: Covenantor
Wouldn't that top act as a magnifier for the sun?
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posted on
08/18/2015 4:14:21 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(2008-Now, Obama's fault)
To: MaxMax
...a magnifier for the sun?Nope!
The Malcom hood greatly improved pilot visibility, nice thing when people are trying to kill you. It was used to some extent on early Mustangs and maybe Thunderbolts as well before they figured out that changes to the fuselage and/or tail would allow for a blown "bubble top" canopy.
Curiously, early post war jets, (B47, F-84, etc.) were originally designed and flown with old style Green house type canopies.
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posted on
08/18/2015 4:35:01 PM PDT
by
norton
To: norton
I wonder how many kids these days would still say "cool" seeing that car.
I venture to say most. Maybe a trend will come around from the automakers.
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posted on
08/18/2015 4:38:42 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(2008-Now, Obama's fault)
To: GreyFriar
Thanks for the ping. Excellent photos.
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posted on
08/18/2015 6:23:54 PM PDT
by
zot
To: norton
The reference was to the Spitfire, “these” particular aircraft almost certainly were not involved. Available WW2 birds come with many non 1939 RAF markings, as do most of those in these clips.
They also come with dual cockpits, clipped wings, griffin engines, and bubble tops.
I guess you also noted the Pole and a single P51 in the mix?
Exactly, that is why I think the caption writer was incorrect. It says “These three Spitfires...”
“Restored Spitfires recreate a patrol over the South Coast” would be more accurate.
Yes, the P-51 was cheating, but it marking were more correct...:^)
The Spitfire is one of the prettiest WWII planes and doesn't get much credit in the US for it's use by the US Army Air Force. I believe they operated around 350 of them.
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posted on
08/18/2015 6:44:40 PM PDT
by
az_gila
To: DFG; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
To: DFG
This one caused my heart to ache..."The various aircraft painted these vapour trails which could be seen from the ground as pilots battled for their lives."
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