Fleetmaster Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Strange these mishaps happened in both cases to twin seat converted Spits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) Grumman TBF AvengerLength 12.48m Wingspan 61.51m OK I surrender there are actually quite a few larger than the Skyraider Mike PS need a smilie waving a white flag. Can't find a white flag, sorry Edited March 9, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) OK I surrender..Mike PS need a smilie waving a white flag. Here we are, you wont find it if you don't look Fincher! Edited March 9, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsfotos Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Don't let the owners see that you've posted the pic of H98 after the mishap as they weren't happy the last time that pics were posted on a forum! You will notice that it's the same Spit as in one of the pics I posted and the pilot is a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Grumman TBF Avenger.....Wingspan 61.51m...... Me thinks that is a typo! :-D I don't know of any Avenger with a wingspan of around 200ft!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsfotos Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 All very interesting information, but haven't we gone off track here? I thought this was a Spitfire pictures thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Yes let us get it back on track. So here is a formation with an interloper. Could explain the tendancy for "crash landings" if H98 makes it a habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I hope the pilot of that inverted spitfire was not seriously hurt when that happened ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 that inverted one , is that not a copy? noo opening were the cooling duckts are , and wy ropes on it to keep it there ? Its own weight should keep it there , prop is also broken of in one piece , and no bent blades ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Yes, the inverted Spitfire was a fibreglass replica at Duxford, and two or three years ago, strong winds lifted the aircraft and flipped it onto its back, despite being tied down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) I think this is my favourite Spitfire picture that I have taken over the years. Unlike most of the other pic's in this thread, it gives an aerial advantage for the photographer! It rather looks like the Kent 'Garden of England' below during wartime with the coast in the distance, but in actual fact it is Suffolk in the summer of 2008! It could almost pass for a female ferry pilot going about her daily duties, but as many will know, it is actually Carolyn Grace, up from Bentwaters, Suffolk in her trusty Spit of many years. I also quite like this shot as well of Peter Teichman, owner of the Hangar 11 Collection at North Weald, dropping in for some lunch at Maurice Hammond's airstrip in Norfolk on a Sunday lunchtime in 2008 - He must have heard the kettle boiling! Edited March 11, 2010 by M5Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleetmaster Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Anyone knows if Spits were flown off/on decks or was this just for trial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Anyone knows if Spits were flown off/on decks or was this just for trial? [ATTACH=CONFIG]24024[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]24023[/ATTACH] If it has an arrestor hook it is a Seafire, not a Spitfire. Seafire was the carrier based variant. They saw much action. Spitfires were flown from Carriers but it wasn't normal to try and land them back on board. Many Spitfires were delivered to beseiged Malta, from the decks of carriers. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7708-May-9th-1942&highlight=spitfire+malta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Couldn't resist putting this Spitfire photo in again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Couldn't resist putting this Spitfire photo in again These must be the Mark Nein versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Built by Ubermarine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Ha ha ha, thats funny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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