Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Ted and anyone else interested... Here is the flight departure: http://gallery.leica-users.org/GoodwoodAirfield/FlightDepartureGoodwood2004?full=1 I believe from right to left that thesse are: Two Spits, Thunderbolt, two Spit recreations(?) and the plane about to taxi out at the extreme left is the Mustang. Some thing had already taken off, can't recall what. Apologies for the quality, this is a heavy crop for a number of reasons. Peter Peter Dzwig wrote: > Douglas, > > that is very interesting. I couldn't understand at the time why it > wasn't on the infield, but at a static display outside the circuit. > > BTW I do have a photo somewhere of the line-up with the Thunderbolt and > a flock of Spits and Spit derivatives taking off at the end of the > weekend. I'll see if I can find it and put it up. > > Peter > > > > Douglas M. Sharp wrote: > >> >> >> Peter Dzwig schrieb: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This last I cannot claim to be anything like good. However the plane >>> is claimed to be the ORIGINAL Spitfire prototype. >> >> >> >> >> What a lovely line-up of Mustangs Peter! and a Thunderbolt in >> the background too! Though I think this shot could take a >> touch more contrast, on my TFT-screen it looks a touch too grey. >> >> >> The original R.J.Mitchell designed prototype K5054 aircraft >> crashed and was totally destroyed on 2 September 1939 at >> Farnborough. The pilot, F/Lt White, was killed in the crash. >> >> >> The finished "new" prototype was unveiled in early 1993 at the >> RAF Museum in Hendon. It had been built by Aerofab >> Restorations funded by the Spitfire Society, on the suggestion >> of one of the test pilots, as a tribute to R.J. Mitchell.The >> reconstruction was based on the templates of a MkV and RJs >> original drawings. >> >> Another tribute to him is a Spitfire on a high pole in the middle of a >> carpark close to Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent) where Mitchell was born. >> Douglas >> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/GoodwoodAirfield/SpitfireprototypeGoodwoodRevival2004 >>> >>> >>> >>> I am posting these for interest; if you like them so much the better... >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Peter Dzwig >>> >>> PS I will get round to putting the others of the Revival up soon. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >