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Post by whippet on Sept 29, 2020 19:55:34 GMT
Last weekend, a spitfire flew over. It was quite a distance from me, and the day was dull, and misty. I had hoped the plane would appear the other side of the conifers. But it changed direction, and I didn't see it again. It has been travelling round this country, to raise funds for the NHS. Is there any way this picture could be made clearer. I want to know if it actually is the spitfire, or whether it is another make of plane,  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Sept 29, 2020 21:40:49 GMT
Tough one Margaret! Your plane indeed has two wings and rear horiz and vert stabilizers (tail parts).  |
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WayneS
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Post by WayneS on Sept 30, 2020 0:27:43 GMT
If I had to guess, I would say it isn't a Spit, unless it was preparing to land! There appears to be landing gear in the picture, particularly under the left wing, and the gear would not normally be visible as it is retracted in flight!
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 30, 2020 2:52:27 GMT
To my eye, the shape of the tail rudder (or whatever it is called) is different as well.
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Post by pete61 on Sept 30, 2020 17:15:11 GMT
The spitfire was unique among Allied fighter aircraft of WWII due to the elliptical shape of its wings. Unfortunately there is not enough clarity in your photo to tell if that is the case.
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Post by whippet on Oct 1, 2020 19:23:31 GMT
It was due to land at our local airport, Wayne. Maybe it was running late, as it should have been there an hour earlier.
A friend was in the RAF for 32 years. I had hoped that the photo could have been repaired enough for him to identify.
I will send it to him anyway.
Thank you all for your help. It is appreciated.
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Post by WayneS on Oct 1, 2020 22:16:24 GMT
Another thing I didn't think of at the time, it would have been much louder than any current plane of that relative size, as they had a very powerful engine, which nothing current of that physical size aircraft would have!
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Post by whippet on Oct 3, 2020 18:47:40 GMT
It was so far away, Wayne, that I could hardly hear it.
We do sometimes get the modern fighter planes coming over.
We nearly get deafened, even though they are very high.
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Post by tourerjim on Dec 10, 2020 13:27:51 GMT
Last weekend, a spitfire flew over. It was quite a distance from me, and the day was dull, and misty. I had hoped the plane would appear the other side of the conifers. But it changed direction, and I didn't see it again. It has been travelling round this country, to raise funds for the NHS. Is there any way this picture could be made clearer. I want to know if it actually is the spitfire, or whether it is another make of plane, As a suggestion if you open the image in PSE Camera Raw and manually adjust the sliders I think your be able to refine the outline to identify the plane, attached upload shows sliders I roughly use to outline trees when I want to edit from an overcast sky.  |
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Post by whippet on Dec 27, 2020 19:30:30 GMT
Sorry about the delay, tourerjim. I have been on extended leave.
Thank you very much for the information. I will have a try at doing your suggestion.
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