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Because it is well capable of doing so.
A Spitfire has a top speed of between 350 and 450 mph - depending on the version.
A Lightning has a stalling speed in the region of 150 mph.
You will notice that the Lightning is being flown with a nose up attitude. This is being done so it can maintain flight at what is, for a Lightning, a fairly slow speed.
A Spitfire has a top speed of between 350 and 450 mph - depending on the version.
A Lightning has a stalling speed in the region of 150 mph.
You will notice that the Lightning is being flown with a nose up attitude. This is being done so it can maintain flight at what is, for a Lightning, a fairly slow speed.
MartG said:
Formation of RAF fighters - just a link 'cos it's a big pic 
https://cdn.allwallpaper.in/wallpapers/3812x2632/1...
What a fantastic picture.https://cdn.allwallpaper.in/wallpapers/3812x2632/1...
Ayahuasca said:
Continuing with the 'if you look carefully..' thing
The Spitfire is a photo-recce version (built for speed, no armoured windscreen, retractable tailwheel, etc). Although not in photo-recce cammo.
It is the Hurricane that will have the throttle pushed to the stop.
To be precise, the Spitfire is a PR.XIX which is Rolls Royce Griffon powered - and therefore one of the fastest variants of the Spitfire. There were Merlin powered PR variants too - such as the PR.IV and the PR.XI.The Spitfire is a photo-recce version (built for speed, no armoured windscreen, retractable tailwheel, etc). Although not in photo-recce cammo.
It is the Hurricane that will have the throttle pushed to the stop.
I reckon the "slowcoach" of the formation is probably the camera ship - which, knowing the year, is most likely to be something like a Handley Page Hastings.
Ayahuasca said:
Continuing with the 'if you look carefully..' thing
The Spitfire is a photo-recce version (built for speed, no armoured windscreen, retractable tailwheel, etc). Although not in photo-recce cammo.
It is the Hurricane that will have the throttle pushed to the stop.
The jets don’t really look like they’re struggling though, nose attitudes all look normal? The Spitfire is a photo-recce version (built for speed, no armoured windscreen, retractable tailwheel, etc). Although not in photo-recce cammo.
It is the Hurricane that will have the throttle pushed to the stop.
Sometimes the USAF do these and some of the slippery jets are all high nose and just in formation for a brief moment.
Love the rece spitfires though.
El stovey said:
Love the rece spitfires though.
Some Americans loved them too. Really good short film of a former USAAF PR Spitfire pilot talking about his plane: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUYApols for YouTube link.
El stovey said:
The jets don’t really look like they’re struggling though, nose attitudes all look normal?
Sometimes the USAF do these and some of the slippery jets are all high nose and just in formation for a brief moment.
Love the rece spitfires though.
That's a PRXI - Merlin powered.Sometimes the USAF do these and some of the slippery jets are all high nose and just in formation for a brief moment.
Love the rece spitfires though.
My favourite is the PR.XIX - it's just a bit of a beast. Thankfully, because they were the last operational Spitfires with the RAF, we have a few flyable PR.XIXs. There is one flyable PR.XI as far as I know.
You can see how different they look from each other -
Talking of swept wings, the 1946 Bell L-39 Wing Sweep Evaluation.
http://thanlont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/bell-l-39-w...
http://thanlont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/bell-l-39-w...
Eric Mc said:
To be precise, the Spitfire is a PR.XIX which is Rolls Royce Griffon powered - and therefore one of the fastest variants of the Spitfire. There were Merlin powered PR variants too - such as the PR.IV and the PR.XI.
I've never heard a griffon. Do they sound like a merlin ?tight5 said:
Eric Mc said:
To be precise, the Spitfire is a PR.XIX which is Rolls Royce Griffon powered - and therefore one of the fastest variants of the Spitfire. There were Merlin powered PR variants too - such as the PR.IV and the PR.XI.
I've never heard a griffon. Do they sound like a merlin ?
FourWheelDrift said:
Talking of swept wings, the 1946 Bell L-39 Wing Sweep Evaluation.
http://thanlont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/bell-l-39-w...
That was to evaluate sweepback as part of the Bell X-2 project.http://thanlont.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/bell-l-39-w...
Eric Mc said:
Because it is well capable of doing so.
A Spitfire has a top speed of between 350 and 450 mph - depending on the version.
A Lightning has a stalling speed in the region of 150 mph.
You will notice that the Lightning is being flown with a nose up attitude. This is being done so it can maintain flight at what is, for a Lightning, a fairly slow speed.
That's not a nose up attitudeA Spitfire has a top speed of between 350 and 450 mph - depending on the version.
A Lightning has a stalling speed in the region of 150 mph.
You will notice that the Lightning is being flown with a nose up attitude. This is being done so it can maintain flight at what is, for a Lightning, a fairly slow speed.
This is a nose up attitude.
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