The Watchmen.. by debbielove

Photography • Aviation • posted on Jul 16, 2016

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Again, Shuttleworth Military Pageant.. (Note sunny, as opposed to Duxfords often gloom).. Also, I was not on a hill, or in another aircraft, for some reason, most likely due to no hoses nearby, the aircraft fly lower and nearer here.. It is a grass field as well, and Spitfires do land here.. (I have seen a Dakota land here once!). Here are a Supermarine Spitfire Mk I (leading), Spitfire Mk Vb (middle), and finally, a Mk IX nearest.. Sally B was here as wwell, by far the closest I've ever seen her!!! Sopwith Pup anyone? Rob

Comments (10)

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longprong

7:28AM | Sat, 16 July 2016

Cool capture :)

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T.Rex

8:38AM | Sat, 16 July 2016

Cool, Rob, cool! Sopwith pup? You mean Snoopy, for real? In a Sopwith? Now THAT would be really cool (but I bet you can't get a-hold of him - he's rather rare nowadays!). Keep up the good work. Next, a close up of the pilot's moustache while he's flying? You're getting dreadfully good at this! :-)

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AliceFromLake

9:06AM | Sat, 16 July 2016

Great capture. Have you set the clock correctly on your camera? Exif say the picture was made around midnight ;-)

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debbielove

10:11AM | Sat, 16 July 2016

lol No, I never have set the clock only the date

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Faemike55

12:02PM | Sat, 16 July 2016

Sweet shot

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tallpindo

1:06PM | Sat, 16 July 2016

When I made a model of a British Battle of Britain participant I chose the Hurricane for the reason it was a steel tube framed fabric covered airplane in the beginning and not welded to be maintained in the empire. I did not have access to the inner substructure of any monocoque or cellular monococque design. Kitplanes were being built with chrome-moly subframes under bagged carbon fiber in current practice in my country. S-o-oo-

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Buffalo1

1:39PM | Sat, 16 July 2016

A smart salute to the Spits and all the lads who flew (and fly) them. Superb!

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RodS

11:49PM | Sat, 16 July 2016

What a great photo, Rob!

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HADCANCER

9:14PM | Sun, 17 July 2016

I admit I am not very good with know the differences in airplanes, but the elegance of the spitfire is a known quality. Funny how many of the allied aircraft look similar. I guess it is a tribute to the great design of the time.

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