Pure Porn (Merlin engines only)!

[ozzy72]

[Flying Trucker]

Nice...very nice...thanks for taking us along Mark...

[jetjockyfly]

Great images! Spitfire & Hurricane... absolute legends of the air! Thanx for sharing

[wifesaysno]

Duxford?

Very nice spits!

[Fozzer]

Last pic...

..the two-up, tandem Spit, on the left?

Paul... ...!

[C]

Last pic...

..the two-up, tandem Spit, on the left?

Paul... ...!

Aye, the first aircraft to claim a kill on D-Day...

(it only had one seat, and cannons fitted on 6/6/44!)

[expat]

Nice shots Mark.

So how much did Duxford extract form your depleted (post Legoland) wallet for the line walk......

Matt

[Fozzer]

Last pic...

..the two-up, tandem Spit, on the left?

Paul... ...!

Aye, the first aircraft to claim a kill on D-Day...

(it only had one seat, and cannons fitted on 6/6/44!)

Whenever I see, what looks like, a 2-seater Spitfire I automatically think of Carolyn Grace's very attractive 2-seater Spitfire....>>> http://www.ml407.co.uk/

Paul... ...!

[Hagar]

Last pic...

..the two-up, tandem Spit, on the left?

Paul... ...!

Aye, the first aircraft to claim a kill on D-Day...

(it only had one seat, and cannons fitted on 6/6/44!)

Whenever I see, what looks like, a 2-seater Spitfire I automatically think of Carolyn Grace's very attractive 2-seater Spitfire....>>> http://www.ml407.co.uk/

Paul... ...!

That's the one in Mark's photo. (ML407)

[ozzy72]

That is indeed the Grace Spitfire Doug. A personal favourite of mine. Walking the flight line for Emi and I came to a tenner, money well spent to get up close and personal and considering I don't have a DSLR camera meant I got these shots. I'll post some more a little later

[OldAirmail]

From time to time I turn around and look at a page from an old calendar that I pined to the corkboard behind my chair.



Just another daydreamer.

[C]

From time to time I turn around and look at a page from an old calendar that I pined to the corkboard behind my chair.



Just another daydreamer.

That Spitfire looks rather different now. It was involved in a fatal crash in 1998 (flying into the side of a hill IIRC), and has now been "restored" to a high back configuration. I have to admit I've never been quite comfortable with the resurrection of aeroplanes which, to all intents and purposes, have been destroyed, only for their identity to be re-used to add several zeros to the value of what is effectively a "new build" airframe.

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/ForkTailedDevil/Biggin%2011/biggin_UK5.jpg

[expat]

That is indeed the Grace Spitfire Doug. A personal favourite of mine. Walking the flight line for Emi and I came to a tenner, money well spent to get up close and personal and considering I don't have a DSLR camera meant I got these shots. I'll post some more a little later

A tenner, now that surprises me, I was expecting you to say twenty. Looks like I will be taking the walk in July then

Matt

[ozzy72]

You're going to be here for Legends then mate?

[beaky]

I am going to lock the door, lower the shades, and have another look at these...