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Old November 16th 18, 01:51 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Old November 16th 18, 09:39 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Gear Up, concluded - Spitfire 06.jpg (1/1)

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
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Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?
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Old November 17th 18, 02:30 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Stormin' Norman wrote in
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:39:13 +0000, R2D2 wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?


It is THE Spitfire prototype, completed in 1936.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superm...rototype_K5054



Same lines as the Supermarine Racer it
was derived from.





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Old November 17th 18, 11:40 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Gear Up, concluded - Spitfire 06.jpg (1/1)

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:30:33 -0800, Stormin' Norman
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:39:13 +0000, R2D2 wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?


It is THE Spitfire prototype, completed in 1936.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superm...rototype_K5054


Thanks
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Old November 17th 18, 11:40 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:30:13 -0600, Mitchell Holman
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Stormin' Norman wrote in
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:39:13 +0000, R2D2 wrote:

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:51:18 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

Looks pre-war. Is the the prototype or pre-series?


It is THE Spitfire prototype, completed in 1936.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superm...rototype_K5054



Same lines as the Supermarine Racer it
was derived from.



That race payed of SO MUCH for the UK, considering both the Spitfire
and the RR Merlin came out of the testing done on it...
 




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