All,
As we are on a bit of a Spitfire spree at the moment how about helping me nail a serial to a couple of piccies I have
They are both Mk.XVI’s, and the first is one display in a museum. I think that this one is TE214 that is currently on loan with the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Ontario but I’m not positive.
Is my guess correct ?
Mark 12 ?
By: Dan Johnson - 16th January 2004 at 21:12
Originally posted by Mark12
Thats’s better.Here she is in Winnipeg – 7 October 1993.
Time is flying 🙂
Mark
I would imagine this is the Spit I managed to see on my honeymoon in 82. Two poor college kids driving to Winnipeg from Minneapolis 🙂
Hmmm, an aviation museum in Winnipeg? Mind if we stop honey?
It’s a disease these Spitfires I tell ya!
Dan
By: Mark12 - 16th January 2004 at 17:40
Thats’s better.
Here she is in Winnipeg – 7 October 1993.
Time is flying 🙂
Mark
By: jbs - 16th January 2004 at 15:16
Originally posted by Mark12
haroldmulder.It is TE214 but look at the propeller – also reverse rotation.
The printer has reversed the negative.
Location – Not as I saw it at Winnipeg.
Mark
Mark,
Oops, didn’t realise that, is this better ?
By: jbs - 16th January 2004 at 15:09
Harold,
Unfortunately I don’t know when the 1st picture was taken, it’s one of a load that I picked up a couple of years ago and have gradually worked through identifying them
Regards,
By: Mark12 - 16th January 2004 at 15:08
haroldmulder.
It is TE214 but look at the propeller – also reverse rotation.
The printer has reversed the negative.
Location – Not as I saw it at Winnipeg.
Mark
By: haroldmulder - 16th January 2004 at 14:56
When was the first picture taken. I ask because the picture shown is not from inside the Canadian Warplane Heritage . When i saw her last 2 years ago she was standing in front of a Diorama showing a typical RAF field in the UK during WW2. Also my picture of her from two years ago shows a Cannon sticking out of the wing not empty holes as this one shows. As well the CWH’s hanagar is not as dark looking inside as the picture shows.
By: jbs - 16th January 2004 at 11:19
Daz and Mark,
Thanks for the confirmation on those two
muchos gras-i-as
By: Mark12 - 16th January 2004 at 10:35
TE214 & TE311 with the Seafire XVII opposite rotation blades circa early 1980’s before the spinner changed to black.
Mark
By: DazDaMan - 16th January 2004 at 10:14
First one is TE214.
Second one I’m pretty sure is TE311. I remember seeing another Spit XVI pic with the propeller blades turning the wrong way and it was TE311, too.
By: jbs - 16th January 2004 at 10:12
and this is the second one.
All I know about this one is that it was taken at a Church Fenton airshow sometime in the early 1980’s
All I can come up with is TE311 of the Exhibition Flight but to be honest I’m not convinced
Anyone know more ?
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