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Aug 6^th, 2004 at 11:59pm

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A WW2 period bicycle.

That's an F4F to the bottom left, a Mig 21's wingtip to the right.

and finally - the nose of a PBY to the right.

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Reply #1 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 1:45am

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nice shots. Grin

whats the bike for?

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Reply #2 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 3:06am

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Nice bike Felix Wink

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #3 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 4:43am

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I believe the bike was kinda like a "spare tire", if the spitfire went bonkers, you could always get home by bicycling. Infact I have heard the bikes were superior to the spits - the germans feared them like the devil Roll Eyes

Nice pictures Felix!

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Reply #4 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 7:12am

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A WW2 period bicycle.

Wish I had a bike like that!

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That's an F4F to the bottom left, a Mig 21's wingtip to the right.

Not to mention the B-58 in the middle?! Wink

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Reply #5 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 8:59am

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I believe the bike was kind of like a "spare tyre", if the Spitfire went bonkers, you could always get home by bicycling. In fact I have heard the bikes were superior to the Spits - the Germans feared them like the devil Roll Eyes

Nice pictures Felix!

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...almost as daft at the motorcycle/sidecar combinations fitted with machine guns....and stuck in the mud... Roll Eyes

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Nice pics tho' Felix...!

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My Dad had a bike like that in 1914....didn't help win the War tho'... Cry

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Reply #6 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 9:37am

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Getting on a serious note, the Spit is registered (per N- number) as a Mark XVI, basically a Mark IX with a US-made Packard Merlin. Since most XVIs had clipped wings, cut down rear fuselage with the bubble canopy, this one is either an early production with an "e" wing, or a Mark XVI(b)itzer - a bit from here and a bit from there. The pointed rudder was typical of later production IXs and al XVIs.

The museum didn't list the mark - just that it was a "Spitfire".

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Reply #7 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 11:13am

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Nice shots! Especially #3 Wink

Andatf a museum with lights!!!!!!!! Rare and hard to find now a days! Grin

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Reply #8 - Aug 9^th, 2004 at 12:50pm

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Getting on a serious note, the Spit is registered (per N- number) as a Mark XVI, basically a Mark IX with a US-made Packard Merlin. Since most XVIs had clipped wings, cut down rear fuselage with the bubble canopy, this one is either an early production with an "e" wing, or a Mark XVI(b)itzer - a bit from here and a bit from there. The pointed rudder was typical of later production IXs and al XVIs.

The museum didn't list the mark - just that it was a "Spitfire".

By chance, I spotted that this Spitfire Mark XVI was highlighted in the current issue of Fly Past! magazine.

It was indeed built as a bubble canopy Spit, with pointed wings. However, in its nomadic career (it's first squadron was disbanded 72 hours after the Spit arrived), it served as an instructional airframe, during which it was fitted with the raised rear decking and Malcolm hood. During its restoration to flying status in the US, the Malcolm hood was kept.

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