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
1 3  Comments 1,756  Views
× Private - Commemorative Air Force Supermarine 379 Spitfire FR.XIVe N749DP at El Centro - NAF (NJK / KNJK), USA

REMOVE ALL ADVERTISEMENTS
   
Instagram

Albums containing this photo

Not in any albums yet.
view all photo albums  

  • Photographer

  • More from  W.A.Kazior  Contact
  • 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.

Exif

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

You must be logged in to post a comment.
Random great photos by W.A.Kazior
Photo ID 112258 by W.A.Kazior. Private Private Yakovlev Aerostar Yak 52W, N465M
Photo ID 237621 by W.A.Kazior. USA Navy Grumman F 14A Tomcat, 159631
Photo ID 111157 by W.A.Kazior. Private Private Boeing A75N1, N1640M
Photo ID 113085 by W.A.Kazior. USA Air Force Lockheed Martin C 130J 30 Hercules L 382, 07 8614
Photo ID 265631 by W.A.Kazior. USA Army Sikorsky CH 54A Tarhe, 68 18437
Photo ID 120620 by W.A.Kazior. USA Navy Bell TH 1L Iroquois 204, 157842
Photo ID 192737 by W.A.Kazior. Private Private Grumman F 7F 3P Tigercat, NX700F
Photo ID 93071 by W.A.Kazior. Private Private North American P 51D Mustang, N151SE
Copyright © 2007 - 2024 www.airfighters.com. All images © the respective photographers. All rights reserved.