Is this a Real spit Picture.

Yes, this is professional flying with a healthy dosage guts! 😎

J.V.

I’ll say – he flew combat in WW2!!

Thank you Les, From Phil, Great shot to match the first, That Gerry Billing is One Crazy Dude, Must have Balls like King Kong. Tally Ho.

Here’s another shot from the same session.

Thanks every one for clearing that up, Its a great shot, And Daz yes I did see him, Been sitting here wondering if it was the same Cliff Robertson, I must sign off now, Been a long day and the M.S. makes you feel like your Batterys have gone flat, Cheers every one for now, Tally Ho, Phil.

😉

re: “playing Uncle Ben in Spider-Man”

He played a piece of rice???? I don’t remember that !

A bit off-topic, but did anyone happen to notice Cliff Robertson playing Uncle Ben in Spider-Man??

I believe that it’s the ex-Cliff Robertson aeroplane. Over to you, Mark12!

Genuine.

It is Gerry Billings in Cliff Robertson’s MK923 flying up his back garden strip at South Woodslee, just outside Windsor, Ontario.

Just a bit too short to land the Spitfire though, I recall… but maybe at a pinch.

If on a long lens it was taken from Gerry’s verandah or bedroom window!

Ah! I remember… shooting up the house in the back seat of Don Plumb’s Tr IX Spitfire just to rattle the shingles and make sure he was awake! 🙂

Gerry Billings – One of the Spitfire fraternity’s larger than life characters with over 50 years of continuous Spitfire flying. May they all fly forever.

Mark

This was discussed a while back, IIRC. MK923 – ex-Cliff Robertson Spit (I think being flown here by Jerry Billing?).

Looks pretty genuine.