[updated:LAST EDITED ON 15-11-02 AT 07:33 PM (GMT)]Two shots of a Saeta jet trainer, taken some months ago. As kan be seen, the Saeta came very close to the chase plane. Both shots were taken with a 28-70 MM lens at the 70 mm setting.
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By: EHVB - 4th July 2003 at 20:22
And a Mosquito. That are all the shots I received. Don’t know where they came frm. BW Roger
By: EHVB - 4th July 2003 at 20:21
Another Spit
By: EHVB - 4th July 2003 at 20:20
Spitfire
By: EHVB - 4th July 2003 at 20:20
Another Typhoon
By: Arthur - 4th July 2003 at 20:12
Here is one for Snapper:
T9+GK… probably ex FJ856
By: Tom_W - 4th July 2003 at 20:02
…..and after flicking through a few spit books I came across page 37 of Alfred Price’s book on the spit. It shows the MKI spit, with a roughly applied black cross and what appears to be damage from the IFF set being blown up. There’s also a pic of the MKXI from the other side with a P-38 in the background (page 223) and I quote ” Luftwaffe personnel inspecting a PRXI flown by the Sonderstaffel Wanderzirkus, a special unit which flew demonstrations with captured enemy aircraft’, can’t find anything about the serial though.
Tom.
By: Tom_W - 4th July 2003 at 19:41
Mark 12 would know more about these spits I reckon. The first one is a MKXI, probably taken at Rechlin I’d say and the other one is possibly N3277 of 234sqn which force landed after being damaged in combat by it’s pilot P/O Hardy who brought the spit down near Cherbourg. Now I’m sure I’ve seen another pic of this A/C before it had those nasty crosses painted on but after it’s force landing.
Tom.
By: EHVB - 4th July 2003 at 18:38
France 1940
By: Bigglesworth - 4th July 2003 at 18:33
… 388th on tour?:D
By: Bigglesworth - 4th July 2003 at 18:31
Found these… I don’t recall from which site.
By: coanda - 4th July 2003 at 18:27
is that a PR spit?
coanda
By: EHVB - 4th July 2003 at 17:53
And this one. 😀 😀 BW Roger
By: Kenneth - 17th November 2002 at 20:56
RE: Some pics for the weekend
Great pictures, especially the close-up. I visited the Willy-Messerschmitt-Stiftung, the owner of the Saeta in Germany, in Manching a month ago, and overheard a mechanic say that it is no longer airworthy and will eventually go to the Deutsches Museum in Oberschleissheim. I have also heard from another source (info dated July 2002) that an AD has recently grounded all civilian-operated Turboméca Marboré engines (which in the Saeta) which are more than 20 years old; there might be a relationship here.
By: EHVB - 16th November 2002 at 17:35
RE: Some pics for the weekend
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 16-11-02 AT 05:36 PM (GMT)]No, there are severall more Saeta’s flying around. One in Germany, one Super Saeta in Spain, and severall in the USA. BW Roger
By: Ant.H - 16th November 2002 at 14:51
RE: Some pics for the weekend
Hi Roger,thanks for putting those up.That second pic is a beauty! 🙂 Is this the world’s only airworthy example??
By: A330Crazy - 15th November 2002 at 21:10
RE: Some pics for the weekend
Some nice shots there Roger, especially the second pic, what a great angle.
Cheers! 🙂
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