We Have Ignition:) by bmac62
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...all of my British airplane friends (as well as a lot of other nutters like us) will love this...a WWII British Spitfire Mk.Vc just starting up...with a big plume of white smoke belching forth from the V-12 Rolls Royce Merlin 45 engine.
Photographing the plume is something relatively rare (it is over in about 30 seconds). For you non-aviation folks, have no concern, this is all very normal:)
This was captured yesterday at a "fly-day" at Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection, Paine Field, Washington.
For the record: Pilot is Steve Hinton, famous movie pilot and President of Planes of Fame, Chino, California. Wish he'd been wearing a period flight helmet too...
Zoom worthy.
Wish I could add a sound track to this for you all.
Bill:)
P.S. Here's a link in my gallery for this same plane sitting quietly on display in the hanger. 
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Comments (38)
knupps
Looks impressive. Can smell the smoke and hear the Merlin....
aksirp
very good captured with the "smoke" - and yes i heare the spitfire!
npauling
I can smell that smoke from here. Excellent captures to get that smoke so well.
Chipka
Nice one! I see something that reminds me of the Czech flag on this baby too! What I really like is that exhaust plume...well...ignition plume? Really fantastic details just pop out of this puppy, especially those nozzle-like tailpipe tube whatchamacallits. I think I like it because the shape of the plane (minus wings and propeller and landing gear) is rather shark like and those are like some kind of hot-rod gills or something. I like that.
blondeblurr
These are superbly detailed photos of wartime memorabilia - what is there not to like about them - you can look but don't touch... well, for some of us anyway. The next I like to see, would be a Messerschmitt or a Focke-Wulf or, or ? wonderful and 'iconic' display, BB
danapommet
WOW!!! The smoke blows out so fast that the people in the background didn't have time to move. Fantastic collage and info. Dana
Crabbycabby
Great series. You can almost smell and hear the cough and splutter.
GARAGELAND
Thanx for the kind comments on my "Wheels keep turning pic" Great shot of the most elegant looking fighter ever produced.