Amazing delightful Spitfire Tale:

[John Stiles]

[Bill Ambrose]

That's a great piece.  Seeing his eyes light up when he realized it was him is priceless. 

Thanks for sharing,

Bill Ambrose

[EddyR]

In the 1970-80's I worked on quite a few of those WW2 36" FL camera's. I used the lens from one on my 35mm Canon with a bellows adapter for bird photography in the Everglades.
I repaired one of the cameras for a reconnaissance P38 that use to be stored at Davis island airport,Tampa. I do have pictures of the P38 and the nose is a lot different than the fighter version.
Ed

[Will Hinton]

One of my favorite books of all time is a Spitfire story about the life of Douglas Bader, a Brit who lost his legs in a crash and still flew the Spitfire to become an ace.  It's titled "Reach For The Sky"
I heartily recommend it to all readers.
Ya gotta love the old Spit'!  Quite an airplane.

[Avaiojet]

John,

WOW! Thanks for posting that short!

It's good to view a film about an aircraft used solely for reconnaissance, not all Warbirds carried bullets.

Couldn't help it, but what comes to mind is my Mig-3 reconnaissance aircraft. used for absolutely the same purpose, except the Mig-3, from what I can gather, operated at high altitudes.

Thanks again John, great film.

Charles

[John Stiles]

John,

..........what comes to mind is my Mig-3 reconnaissance aircraft. used for absolutely the same purpose..........

You better cut in a place for the camera....

[DanielGelinas]

Thanks John, Great movie!!
-Dan

[Tania Uzunova]

Thank you so much!!! In love with Spitfire! ; ))) Great!

[Gene O'Keefe]

Wow .... I didn't know they used a 4 blade "wood" prop !