skimming the runway

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Supermarine spiteful skimming the ground at RAF benson.

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Spitful?

I hope you mean Spitfire!

There is of course, HM Submarine Spiteful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Spiteful_(P227)

Interesting shot btw!

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nope, supermarine spiteful

read below
The Supermarine Spiteful was a direct development of the Spitfire using a new laminar flow wing. Spiteful RB518, was modified to Mark 16 configuration and fitted with a Griffon 101 engine . During a test in 1947 this aircraft attained 494 m.p.h. at 27,500ft. This update makes the plane go up to 430 knots as the real RB518 did

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I'm surprised Google didn't catch that, or maybe I didn't search far enough.

Thanks for the update.