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Shame it doesn't have white alloys. Not a fan of those skirts either, though I think all of the last year of QV production before the Anniversary was launched had them.
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Funnily enough I was in Henley at the weekend by chance for my parents ruby wedding anniversary - saw the boat show and we took a boat out along the river which was fun. I did see a couple of amphicars (not the old ones below but the more recent attempts) and also an amphibious personnel carrier which was cool.
I also captured this flyover with some videography worthy of a "Beany" award. The squared off wingtips confused me and made me think it wasn't a spitfire but after some research I see that they did produced some "clipped wing" versions to improve roll performance - can anyone confirm what it was?
There were also some very unstable looking WW1 triplanes which flew uncomfortably overhead as we were eating lunch
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Hard to tell from the potato footage but I’d guess Hurricane if it had more squared off wings.
On the Countach, now that I’m a few years older and hence a few years wiser my pick of the bunch is the original vanilla one before they started adding bits to it.
However if one does go for a later one with the body kit then the rear wing is still essential.
On the Countach, now that I’m a few years older and hence a few years wiser my pick of the bunch is the original vanilla one before they started adding bits to it.
However if one does go for a later one with the body kit then the rear wing is still essential.
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Here's a still where you can set the silhouette better.
As you'll see it doesn't have squared off wingtips - rather completely flat so it has to be a clipped wing variant. I can't see that they made clipped wing Hurricanes so I'm still thinking it was more likely this:
ETA - after more digging it also seems that these later revisions of the Spitfire ran with Griffon rather than Merlin engines which would explain why it also didn't sound quite "right".
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Was that the one with the upgraded IMS bearingsGG. wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:46 pmHere's a still where you can set the silhouette better.
As you'll see it doesn't have squared off wingtips - rather completely flat so it has to be a clipped wing variant. I can't see that they made clipped wing Hurricanes so I'm still thinking it was more likely this:
ETA - after more digging it also seems that these later revisions of the Spitfire ran with Griffon rather than Merlin engines which would explain why it also didn't sound quite "right".
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Ah yes - I remember there was a poll on this topic...
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Definitely a Spit. If it wasn't for the propellor, I'd say it was EP120 http://fighter-collection.com/cft/spitfire-ep120/ which has a Merlin 55 rather than the Griffon. Without seeing the top-side of the plane, or the identifier on the side, it's going to be difficult to identify.
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I’m pretty sure it was from the BBMF although they were based at Biggin Hill for the weekend.
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Amazing world we live where we have so much information to hand so readily -Delphi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:05 pm Definitely a Spit. If it wasn't for the propellor, I'd say it was EP120 http://fighter-collection.com/cft/spitfire-ep120/ which has a Merlin 55 rather than the Griffon. Without seeing the top-side of the plane, or the identifier on the side, it's going to be difficult to identify.
As you say it was a spit and he was only 3 minutes off schedule! Could be MK356 - details below:
https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog ... -years-old
Its says on the BBMF website that it is in desert camo trim but they have a picture of it in clipped wing form flying in formation with their lancaster:
ETA: Found it - it was TE 311 https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/teama.htm
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Turns out it was a Merlin 266 - a 66 iteration built under licence by Packard and optimised for low altitude flying - not sure if those mods altered the sound.
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The Packard origins wouldn't alter the sound, but the pilot could expect a power assisted joy-stick and an electric canopy.
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Saw a(n old) Puma today in town and immediately hankered after one again.
Have refused to look at any on auto trader because I expect they're all either clean+expensive or cheap sheds fit for the scrapheap.
Have refused to look at any on auto trader because I expect they're all either clean+expensive or cheap sheds fit for the scrapheap.
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Gloucestershire Police have a new toy. They've got a black Kia Stinger with black tints and black wheels. It sounds very nice.
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Did you get a ride in it?
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Along the same lines there's been an unmarked purple Cupra Leon Estate going up and own the M4 in South Wales.
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A CR-Z in turquoise/blue; I've only seen white ones up till now.
XE in Doom Blue; if it was metallic it certainly didn't look it.
Two Mach-Es, one black, one red; looked ok to me from the views I got, certainly more cohesive and less contrived imo than the new Tucson.
More heard than seen, a Granturismo in pearlescent white; not loud as such but very musical
XE in Doom Blue; if it was metallic it certainly didn't look it.
Two Mach-Es, one black, one red; looked ok to me from the views I got, certainly more cohesive and less contrived imo than the new Tucson.
More heard than seen, a Granturismo in pearlescent white; not loud as such but very musical
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Not a police one but I spotted a Stinger with a couple of bikes on the roof yesterday.Jimmy Choo wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 7:07 pm Gloucestershire Police have a new toy. They've got a black Kia Stinger with black tints and black wheels. It sounds very nice.
I quite like them.