Legends Duxford 2019 - An early morning stroll...

[PeterA]

...with my 'polecam'.





















PeterA

[OD/NG]

Why do some of the Buchon's have swastikas on the tails and some don't? Are the swastika-less ones registered in Germany or destined for German customers?

[AG pilot]

What a lovely set of "polecam" photos!!!! Wow. Thank you for sharing them here.

[Michel Lemieux]

Gorgeous Peter! Thank you for sharing!....

[Joe Scheil]

Great pictures.

[DH82EH]

Marvelous stuff!
Thanks for posting Peter.

Andy

[Combatmech]

AWESOME!!! Thank you !!!

[DaveM2]

Why do some of the Buchon's have swastikas on the tails and some don't? Are the swastika-less ones registered in Germany or destined for German customers?

Yes, White 5 / Black Chevron is German owned

[JohnB]

I've never seen a polished Spitfire. Polish yes, polished, no.

Must drive some of the purists crazy... "Looks like a bloody Mustang" they must be thinking...if not saying.

When the RAF deleted camouflage post war, they painted their aircraft silver...like the late Spitfire seen below.

[PeterA]

I've never seen a polished Spitfire. Polish yes, polished, no.

Must drive some of the purists crazy... "Looks like a bloody Mustang" they must be thinking...if not saying.

When the RAF deleted camouflage post war, they painted their aircraft silver...like the late Spitfire seen below.

If you are flying around the world best not to do it in a fighter in military livery.

https://www.silverspitfire.com/

PeterA

[jdvoss]

Great photo set!!...actually FABULOUS to say the least. BTW, what kind of camera and lens do you use ?


JDV
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[PeterA]

BTW, what kind of camera and lens do you use ?

JDV
http://www.fuselagecodes.com

JDV....I use a Canon EOS 5D Mk III with the EF 24-105mm lens for the 'polecam 'shots' then change to the superb Canon EF 100-400mm for the ground to air shots.

A few attached.

PeterA

[DADE]

I think some R.F.C. officer promised a lovely lunch to the lady in front of the De Havilland DH-9 and kept her waiting. That's a NO, NO

[CAPFlyer]

I've never seen a polished Spitfire. Polish yes, polished, no.

Must drive some of the purists crazy... "Looks like a bloody Mustang" they must be thinking...if not saying.

When the RAF deleted camouflage post war, they painted their aircraft silver...like the late Spitfire seen below.

More info on the decisions by IWC to "polish" their Spitfire.

IWC's website about the tour - https://www.silverspitfire.com/

MJ271 History - https://www.silverspitfire.com/about/spitfire-history/

http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restora ... light.html

Also, I don't remember where, but I'm pretty sure that Supermarine had a Spitfire on its company retainer that was either a very highly reflective silver or polished back during the post-war 1940s and 1950s and used for internal testing. They did it that way so it wasn't mistaken for a line aircraft, much as they did prototypes in Yellow.

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[airnutz]

Nice shots, thanks for the stroll!