Private - Commemorative Air Force Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR.XIVe N749DP Photo

Photo ID 95096 by W.A.Kazior. USA Navy Sikorsky MH 60S Knighthawk S 70A, 165769
Private - Commemorative Air Force Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR.XIVe N749DP at El Centro - NAF (NJK / KNJK), USA
Photo ID 95098 by Rainer Mueller. Company Owned BAe Systems Douglas A 4N Skyhawk, N431FS
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× Private - Commemorative Air Force Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR.XIVe N749DP at El Centro - NAF (NJK / KNJK), USA

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  • Photo Notes:

    2012 NAF El Centro Air Show - NAF El Centro, CA. - This a/c was the first production Griffon powered Spitfire. It's here in the colours of the Indian Airforce with whom it served.

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IFD0.Make: NIKON CORPORATION
IFD0.Model: NIKON D60
EXIF.ExposureTime: 10/2000
EXIF.FNumber: 71/10
EXIF.ISOSpeedRatings: 200
COMPUTED.ApertureFNumber: f/7.1
EXIF.DateTimeOriginal: 2012:03:10 08:56:39
EXIF.ShutterSpeedValue: 7643856/1000000
EXIF.MeteringMode: 5
EXIF.Flash: 0
EXIF.FocalLength: 250/10

Comments

tempest1944   2012-03-24  
The Spitfire XII was the first production Griffon Spitfire, not the XIV.

tempest1944   2012-03-24  
She's in RAF South-East Asia Command markings.

YoungfisH   2012-03-25  
thx for correction.
I shoud wrote: "The first Griffon-powered Spitfire suffered from poor high altitude performance due to having only a single stage supercharged engine", but you're right first was Mk. XII

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