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mjt said:
Are those South African plates?
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I did take a close up of the plate but was not sure if it was a real one or a display one.
 
Just watched a Spitfire fly low overhead while I was walking back from the local shop. That's not unusual, as the heritage flight often does a pass over Medway...but this time, not only was it pretty low but it did two barrel rolls while I watched.

I know it's not a car encounter, but it's Spitfire which has probably the coolest engine ever fitted to a vehicle. And watching it do even the most mundane of acrobatic manoeuvres was enough to make me point and shout like a schoolboy. So it's going in the encounters a thread. Merry Christmas :D
 
Interesting spot today. Have to confess I had no idea what it was. Got the missus to take a video MOT checker says it's a Lotus Europa...but looking at some images online, the rear deck looks totally different. Never seen one in the flesh before. Regardless, looked like it might be a bit of a handful on a misty, damp, cold day like today.


 
Conscript said:
Just watched a Spitfire fly low overhead while I was walking back from the local shop. That's not unusual, as the heritage flight often does a pass over Medway...but this time, not only was it pretty low but it did two barrel rolls while I watched.

I know it's not a car encounter, but it's Spitfire which has probably the coolest engine ever fitted to a vehicle. And watching it do even the most mundane of acrobatic manoeuvres was enough to make me point and shout like a schoolboy. So it's going in the encounters a thread. Merry Christmas :D
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Which one is it? One of them is flying with a griffon from a Shackleton bomber. It has so much torque they had to extend the tail to stop it just spinning in circles lol
 
dlockers said:
Which one is it? One of them is flying with a griffon from a Shackleton bomber. It has so much torque they had to extend the tail to stop it just spinning in circles lol
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Not sure. It had D-Day stripes and pretty certain it was a 2 seater, so must have been one they use for the experience flights.
 
dlockers said:
Which one is it? One of them is flying with a griffon from a Shackleton bomber. It has so much torque they had to extend the tail to stop it just spinning in circles lol
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Since when was the Shackleton a bomber?

All Griffon powered Spitfires had an enlarged tail to deal with the extra slipstream from the larger prop, and used a different variant of the engine to that which was then used in the Shackleton.
 
Alibaba99 said:
Since when was the Shackleton a bomber?

All Griffon powered Spitfires had an enlarged tail to deal with the extra slipstream from the larger prop, and used a different variant of the engine to that which was then used in the Shackleton.
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Bomber was a mistake. There is a Griffon spitfire with the variant from the Shackleton. You sound like a clever cloggs though so I am sure you know that :)
 
dlockers said:
There is a Griffon spitfire with the variant from the Shackleton.
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The Griffon engine is the same as the Merlin engine, however it has a supercharger fitted to help it breathe at higher altitudes. The Spitfire has one of them, the Shackleton has four, as does the Lancaster. The Shackleton was a submarine detection system which used to patrol the perimeter of the UK looking for enemy submarines.

There was one at Coventry Airbase which I volunteered on a few times, most notably fitting the refurbished tail gear. It would occasionally run its four Griffons up on show days:


One thing I'll say is that if I never have to touch another piece of Whitworth thread ever again, I'll be happy.
 
Diddums said:
The Griffon engine is the same as the Merlin engine, however it has a supercharger fitted to help it breathe at higher altitudes. The Spitfire has one of them, the Shackleton has four, as does the Lancaster. The Shackleton was a submarine detection system which used to patrol the perimeter of the UK looking for enemy submarines.

There was one at Coventry Airbase which I volunteered on a few times, most notably fitting the refurbished tail gear. It would occasionally run its four Griffons up on show days:


One thing I'll say is that if I never have to touch another piece of Whitworth thread ever again, I'll be happy.
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You're missing my point - there is a spitfire with an actual Shackleton griffon variant fitted.
 
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