& one for the Spitfire fans

Originally posted by Ant Harrington
That glossy American-applied paintjob is horrid! :rolleyes: Still,it’s a Spit,so it doesn’t exactly look ugly. 😉

Depends on what you call ugly 😉

Originally posted by Ant Harrington
Has she been flown under Bob’s ownership yet?There doesn’t seem to be much staining behind the exhausts etc that you might expect.

Could have been cleaned, those exhaust stains do come off :p

That glossy American-applied paintjob is horrid! :rolleyes: Still,it’s a Spit,so it doesn’t exactly look ugly. 😉 That racing scheme would be quite something if Bob fancied getting the paint-stripper out 😉
Has she been flown under Bob’s ownership yet?There doesn’t seem to be much staining behind the exhausts etc that you might expect.

Mark V,

That sounds very interesting. I have colour shots which unfortunately I am not at liberty to post here but here is a b/w shot at the Thompson Trophy Eliminator at the Cleveland Air Races in 1949.

The ‘cheat flash’ is blue/red/blue.
‘Edmonton Canada’ is in red outlined in blue.
The ‘Imperial Oil’ logo is red.
The Race number and civil registration CF-GMZ is in black.

Mark

Photo credit: Harold G Martin

Thats a legitimate possibility BWB! (thanks for the second pic Mark 12)

How about its racing scheme?

I suppose we must not blame Bob Jens for this ‘below par’ paint job of TZ138, as it goes back ten years and two previous owners to air racer ‘Tiger’ Destefani at Shafter Ca.

This is a former RAF ‘Winterisation’ test aircraft. Matt period finish and and the unique snow skis would make it an interesting exhibition discussion piece.

Mark

Spitfire Picture

Now if you’d only widened the shot you would have had the Mosquito in the Picture as well.
HHM

Thanks Neilly….. and well done for avoiding the flash bounce off that gloss paint :rolleyes: