Ready!

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 10/12/2015 at 21:18 • Filed to: Planelonik, spitfire

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Some Spitfires ready to go.

McMike > f86sabre 10/12/2015 at 21:24

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“But Spitfire, why do you have four eyes?”

“The better to see you with”

Spaceball-Two > f86sabre 10/12/2015 at 21:37

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Probably in the Africa campaign against Rommel.

Frank Grimes > f86sabre 10/12/2015 at 21:56

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ttyymmnn > Spaceball-Two 10/12/2015 at 22:02

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Or the first African campaign, or Malta, or Greece, or Ethiopia, or Operation Torch,...

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 10/12/2015 at 22:02

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ttyymmnn > f86sabre 10/12/2015 at 22:04

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I was just writing about the P-40 today for Fridy’s Aviation History post, and was surprised to learn that it was the British who painted the first shark mouths on their Tomahawks. I always figured it was an American thing with the 1st AVG.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 10/12/2015 at 22:10

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Now that I look at that photo again, I think that the front Spit was actually painted by Picasso.

Axial > f86sabre 10/13/2015 at 02:00

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Two sets of eyes?

X37.9XXS > f86sabre 10/13/2015 at 07:49

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I owned one once, and felt just like this

Nick > f86sabre 10/13/2015 at 10:21

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I saw a P-51 this past weekend at an airshow. that thing was glorious to hear flying. childhood dream come true. now i just need to have spare couple million to buy one.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 10/13/2015 at 11:30

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Yeah, it is a bit odd. I kind of think they painted an eye, tried to paint over it and said screw it.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 10/13/2015 at 11:37

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I just watched a video on the 767 y’all painted for Breast Cancer Month. It looks great!

http://news.delta.com/turning-767-pi…

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 10/13/2015 at 11:43

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Yeah, turned out good. I was a little surprised they didn’t go with the pink tail though.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 10/13/2015 at 11:45

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Here is its previous paint scheme...