Supermarine
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Rarest version of the spitfire returned to its birthplace this year at Westland Aircraft works in Yeovil ,Somerset ,England. Sixty years after it was built after a complete renovation to airworthiness . Working on the site I was given permission to bring my camera in ( normally banned ) to take some private pictures .
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Taken at Elvington 2007
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In 1931, a Rolls Royce engined, Supermarine S6B racing seaplane, piloted by Flt Lt Boothman, won the Schneider Trophy outright for Great Britain. / Reginald Mitchell, designer of the legendary Spitfire, designed the S6B. / The race took place round The Solent. The team was based at the flying-boat station RAF Calshot, which includes Calshot Castle. / Lady Houston had to sponsor the GB/RAF team, as the Labour Government of the day would not support this venture. / Painted as a Raffle Prize. Titled:- / 75th Anniversary 13th Sept 2006 / S6B ser.No. S1595. Schneider Trophy winner Water colour pencil and water colour wash back ground on paper A4 size
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Taken at Yeovilton 2007 airshow . Canon 10D 75-300 .
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These sharkmouth designs were seen on the noses of these three aircraft at the Temora Flying Weekend in April 2008. / The aircraft are (from closest): Pilatus PC-9 from the Royal Australian Air Force – which is used in the forward air control function, Supermarine Spitfire VIII VH-HET of the Temora Aviation Museum and a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk from Albury, NSW. / The photo was taken with a Nikon D70 camera.
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Darryl Legg is a recognised Aviation Artist, and the majority of his time is devoted to working on aviation commission work.
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The “office” of so many back in the day. Captured at the Airpower Over Hampton Roads airshow in June 2008.
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this photo was taken around 1932 by my mothers then boyfriend I now own the originals
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RAF Waddington 2008
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Supermarine Spitfire at dusk @ Temora Airshow
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Supermarine Spitfire @ Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow
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Supermarine Spitfire @ Temora Airshow
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Supermarine Spitfire & Hawker Hurricane ….THE FEW…in flight together at Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow
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Duxford Spring Airshow 2008
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RAF Cosford 2007
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A photo from the recent Temora Aviation Museum Flying Day in NSW Australia.
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Another Spitfire Capture from the recent Temora Aviation Museum’s Flight Day, NSW Australia.
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Spitfires. More aircraft pics here Aircraft
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The Supermarine Stranraer was a 1930s British flying boat designed and built by Supermarine Aviation Works which marked the end of biplane flying-boat development for the Royal Air Force. They entered operations in 1937 and many were still in service at the outbreak of the Second World War undertaking anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols. They were withdrawn from operational service in March 1941 but continued to serve in a training capacity until October 1942. I have composed this design from very poor quality wartime photography and presented it in a halftone pattern If you love Aircraft then check out these other designs below Make sure you also check out my Bubble Site or my profile for more great designs, examples of which you can see below.
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Here’s a photographic angle that not many people get in the 21st century – a shot taken inside the cockpit of a fully functional, airworthy Supermarine Spitfire. Yes, I was sitting in the pilot’s seat, with the hatch access shut and the canopy closed over my head. This shot, taken on the evening of 5 June this year, shows you an extremely rare view of exactly how a World War II pilot would have looked through his reflector gunsight. This was a Mark XVI Spitfire with a four-blade propeller. Because of the depth of field in this shot, you can actually see two of the prop blades forming a V, across the streamlined nose of the iconic fighter aircraft. In the immediate foreground is the glass of the reflector sight, through which a pilot would be able to gauge whether an enemy aircraft was within firing range. At the bottom of the image, you can see the slightly concave glass circle, below which was the circular mechanism which was pre-set to the wingspans of every conceivable Luftwaffe aircraft type. The pilot simply had to switch on the gunsight and then set a rotating dial to choose the correct calibration. Once this was done, the reflector sight showed the distance between both the hunter and the hunted. In front of the reflector sight you can actually see the thick slab of armoured glass in front of the pilot’s head. This was the only segment of the canopy that actually had bullet-proof glass. Judging by my other shots taken that day, the glass here is about an inch and a half thick, or almost 3.5 centimetres. This was taken at the Temora Aviation Museum in the New South Wales farming area that is known as the Riverina. There are only two airworthy Spitfires in Australia – and they both belong to the Temora Museum. So why would I drive 1200 kilometres (almost 750 miles) to photograph two Spitfires? Because that’s the kind of thing you have to do, isn’t it? And because the imagery and the first-hand experience is vital for a novel called “The Jadu Master” that I’m wrapping up at the moment. You can view some more of my Spitfire shots here and here I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my work in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F6.7, 1/30 sec, ISO 800, focal length 38mm. Featured in CONTRASTING PERCEPTIONS, July 2009. Featured in FROM THE COCKPIT, November 2009. Temora5June – 7389
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© All Rights Reserved – No Usage Allowed in Any Form Without My Written Consent. Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Photographed at The Imperial War Museum Duxford Air Show Saturday 5th September 2009. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within RAF Bomber Command. The “Lanc” or “Lankie,” as it was affectionately known, became the most famous and most successful of the Second World War night bombers, “delivering 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties.” Although the Lancaster was primarily a night bomber, it excelled in many other roles including daylight precision bombing, and gained worldwide renown as the “Dam Buster” used in the 1943 Operation Chastise raids on Germany’s Ruhr Valley dams. The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. Some production of the Hurricane was carried out in Canada by the Canada Car and Foundry Co Ltd. The 1930s design evolved through several versions and adaptations, resulting in a series of aircraft which acted as interceptor-fighters, fighter-bombers (also called “Hurribombers”), and ground support aircraft. Further versions known as the Sea Hurricane had modifications which enabled operation from ships. Some were converted as catapult-launched convoy escorts, known as “Hurricats”. Together with the Spitfire, the Hurricane was significant in enabling the Royal Air Force (RAF) to win the Battle of Britain of 1940, accounting for the majority of the RAF’s air victories. About 14,000 Hurricanes were built by the end of 1944 (including about 1,200 converted to Sea Hurricanes and some 1,400 built in Canada), and served in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
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© All Rights Reserved – No Usage Allowed in Any Form Without My Written Consent. This is a Photoshop composite of five photographs, four of which I shot at Imperial War Museum, Duxford. I took all 5 photographs used in this version. Featuring: MK 1A Supermarine Spitfire – AR213/E-JZ. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries through the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used into the 1950s both as a front line fighter and in secondary roles. It was produced in greater numbers than any other Allied fighter design and was the only Allied fighter in production throughout the war. The Spitfire was designed as a short-range high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works (since 1928 a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrongs). He continued to refine the design until his death from cancer in 1937, whereupon his colleague Joseph Smith became chief designer. The Spitfire’s elliptical wing had a thin cross-section, allowing a higher top speed than the Hawker Hurricane and several contemporary fighters. Speed was seen as essential to carry out the mission of home defence against enemy bombers. The distinctive silhouette imparted by the wing planform helped the Spitfire to achieve legendary status during the Battle of Britain. Despite a public perception that it was the RAF fighter of the battle, the more numerous Hurricane actually shouldered a greater proportion of the burden against the Luftwaffe. After the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire became the backbone of RAF Fighter Command and saw action in the European Theatre, Pacific Theatre and the South-East Asian theatre. Much loved by its pilots, the Spitfire saw service in several roles, including interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, carrier-based fighter, and trainer; it was built in many different variants, with two different types of engine and several wing configurations. The Spitfire will always be compared to its main adversary, the Messerschmitt Bf 109; both followed similar design philosophies of marrying a small, streamlined airframe to a powerful liquid-cooled V12 engine. FEATURED IN: / “Dimensions” Group – November 2009.
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