You are most likely much more correct than I am, Alan! I really do have to get a book and study up on these aircraft. :-) I connect to them on a visual and emotional level, and often look back at the photos wondering more about the specific technical information.
In 2005, I traveled in the UK and had occasion to visit the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum near the south coast. I was shooting with the Pentax *ist DS at that time and found this experimental, prototype Spitfire in the museum there: https://flic.kr/p/Cw9nHW They sure were lovely planes! G > On Jan 8, 2016, at 10:25 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you mean Supermarine Spitfire, Godfrey! Supercharged 27L V12 Rolls > Royce Merlin/Griffon engines. When they changed the exhausts to point > backwards like that, the max velocity increased by 30mph. A magnificent > example. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 5:54 AM > To: PDML List > Subject: Re: PESO 2016 - 005 - GDG > > Thanks Rick! > > It's a Spitfire Super Aquamarine. Hard to see from this angle as I was > concentrating on the Merlin exhaust stack with the ultra-ultra-wide lens, but > it's the same plane as in this photo: > > https://flic.kr/p/CiiST9 > > There you can see the tell-tale shape of the Spitfire fuselage and wing. :-) > > G > >> On Jan 8, 2016, at 6:35 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Very nice composition, rendering, and title, Godfrey. I like the interplay >> of the diagonal lines and row of circular exhausts; and I can imagine each >> cylinder pining for the chance to pull the plane into the air. >> >> A P-51? >> >> Rick >> >> On Jan 8, 2016, at 2:07 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> More Palm Springs Air Museum ... >>> >>> https://flic.kr/p/Cunk8G > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
