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wilbur1 · May 28, 2008

Ok im gonna try this again after my comp got hit with this virus i had to goto firefox and its hard to upload pics, anyway a buddy gave me this pic, cant really tell what it is but supposedly its being built/restored in chino area

Well crap! just found that its 35mb and im only allowed 5.0 well ill try another way

evangilder · May 28, 2008

Yikes, 35MB!? Try to shrink it down and I can take a look.

Thorlifter · May 28, 2008

A 35 meg pic? WOW!!!!

Njaco · May 28, 2008

Wilbur, email it to me and I can shrink and post.

njaco5552@aol.com

Trebor · May 28, 2008

what about trying Photobucket or Image shack?

trackend · May 29, 2008

Thorlifter said:
A 35 meg pic? WOW!!!!

Thats not a picture, it's wallpaper

evangilder · May 29, 2008

Or a billboard!

wilbur1 · May 29, 2008

Yea i know my neighbor scanned it for me and i dont know what went wrong, i just emailed it to nj so well see if he can fix it. This plane is kinda weird, looks like a mustang but 2 seats and 2 intakes

Njaco · May 29, 2008

Wilbur, got it. Cropped one section.

I think its a Spitfire 2 seat trainer.

wilbur1 · May 29, 2008

Thanks chris never even crossed my mind about a spit what about the twin intakes though....

Njaco · May 29, 2008

Not as well versed as others on here, so I don't know but it fairly screams Spit to me. Unless its an experimetal from Supermarine. Don't know.

wilbur1 · May 29, 2008

Well we will have to see what eric says, maybe hes seen the plane in person.

Glider · May 29, 2008

I am sure thats a Spitfire and it looks like a converted late production VIII, IX or XVI. Originally a 4 gun version almost certainly 2 x 20 2 x HMG.

Haztoys · May 29, 2008

And in US markings no less ...That parts even stranger...???...

fly boy · May 29, 2008

evangilder said:
Or a billboard!

or a zepplin

evangilder · May 29, 2008

The air intakes on the wings, tail shape and gun ports all look like a spitfire. But the American markings are what seems a bit odd. I haven't seen this one in person, so I'm not sure. I can check around. Do you have any other shots of it?

evangilder · May 29, 2008

Fuselage code is WD, which would be the 335th Fighter Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group, which was originally an Eagle squadron, so it could very well be a squadron trainer. The Eagle Squadron did fly Spitfires.

pbfoot · May 29, 2008

Glider said:
I am sure thats a Spitfire and it looks like a converted late production VIII, IX or XVI. Originally a 4 gun version almost certainly 2 x 20 2 x HMG.

Looking at the motor mounts and the ones in Trackends Spit pictures and the fact its in US markings I'm going to guess a MKV

Gnomey · May 29, 2008

Certainly is a Spitfire. Never read anything about a MKV 2 seat trainer in existence, I only know of the 1 (or 2) MKIX 2 seater's that are in existence.

pbfoot · May 29, 2008

maybe a IX as the motor mount are consistent with the one I see but I wasn't aware the USAAf flew the IX's but then again it might be artistic licence

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