Stormy Spitfire by velocicrapper

Photography • Aviation • posted on Feb 20, 2005

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::: Part 35 of a series of Warbird Photos ::: Taken at the Planes of Fame Museum - Chino Airport, California on Saturday, February 5th, 2005. For more, see http://www.warbird-photos.com Once again, I've been away from here for too long! It's just so hard keeping up with things lately. Been busy with airshows! I'll drop in a little more over the next few days and add some new images. Got another very awesome opportunity for an air-to-air photo session. This time, it was with a Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX (recon counter rotating prop) and a Lockheed P-38J Lightning. I'll post the Lightning in a day or so. This Spitfire Mk XIX is theonly counter rotating twin prop that I know of, and definatly the only Recon spitfire in existance. Unfortunatly, she was just sold from the Planes of Fame Museum to a collector in France to help with the POF Museum's expansion plans. Was gorgeous to see her on our wing. I'm in a Cessna 210 shooting through a window. Spitfire is being flown by the world famous pilot Steve Hinton. Camera is a Canon Rebel EOS 300D DSLR (6mp) with a Canon 28-105mm lens. Image was reduced in size.

Comments (15)

gwfa

4:22AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

you see me as complete aviation ignorant - but photo (and background info) are brilliant...

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oscilis

4:30AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

Don't know anything about planes either even if my grandfather was a World WarOne pilot! This is a brilliant photo though. I can hear the engines from here.

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bonicki

4:34AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

Excellent picture!!! bravo!

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Zacko

5:10AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

This is just outstanding!!! Well done!

Kerridwyn

5:16AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

Outstanding, Bravo!!! I remember my times at Drags Airworld in North East Victoria were planes like the one back from that era are still flown. To shoot that up in the air through a window is a great capture

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zulaan

5:28AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

Wow ! Wow ! Wow ! Stunning !!!!

ModestyB

8:36AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

YYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!! Outstanding!!!!!!! VOTE!!!!!

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marinaio

11:15AM | Sun, 20 February 2005

only fantastic!!! bravo, foto fantastica.

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Dann-O

8:32PM | Sun, 20 February 2005

Great shot there. This is also an amazign referance. From your pictures you can get how the planes were not only painted but the specularity and hwo one in good condition woudl be weathered. All kinds of good details here. Excellent work. Looking forward to the P-38 one of my favorite planes.

parb1194

10:57PM | Sun, 20 February 2005

Awesome Spitfire shot....Truly splendid. ACCOLADES!!!!! ;o)

b2amphot

1:43AM | Mon, 21 February 2005

Whoaaa Nellie... that's up close and personal. Super shot of an awesome plane, can't wait to see the P-38

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CDBrugg

4:28AM | Mon, 21 February 2005

lovely shot, wonderful plane - why the horrid turquoise paint job - not original surely?

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velocicrapper

2:28PM | Mon, 21 February 2005

AS far as I know, it is painted like it would have been in WW2.

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Denger

12:09PM | Mon, 27 February 2006

@CDBrugg: The RAF painted their photo reconnaissance Spitfires sky blue (for camouflage, presumably) and removed all eight machine guns to keep weight to an absolute minimum. These were some of the fastest Spits in the air; they had to be, as they could not engage in a dogfight. Their job was to click that shutter and run (just like some other photographers I know)!

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