WW2 RAF spitfire x16 start +taxi out for Battle of Britian Duxford airshow 2010

WW2 RAF Battle of Britian memorial.16 private and military spitfires start up +taxi out, to begin their flight display, duxford airshow 2010.
Battle of Britain RAF, recognises 595 non-British pilots (out of 2,936
145 Polish, 127 New Zealanders, 112 Canadians, 88 Czechoslovaks, 32 Australians, 28 Belgians, 25 South Africans, 13 French, 10 Irish, 7 Americans, and one each from Jamaica, the British Mandate of Palestine and Rhodesia.

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Autos & Vehicles

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[glifencible]

Sausage squad up the blue end!

[infernalzen]

@glifencible LOL

[agwhitaker]

Beautiful WWII fighter aircraft.

-except the modified 2-seaters .

It should be illegal to do that to a Spitfire.

[infernalzen]

@agwhitaker yep its fuggle

[Guinnie]

@agwhitaker you would not say that if you got a ride in one... but I agree it is on some level sacriledge

[infernalzen]

@Guinnie shame it cant have a similar setup to the mustangs huge canopy +2nd seat...

[TopGunSGA]

@agwhitaker It's not like someone bought a Spitfire and thought "I'll turn it into a 2-seater", towards the end of the war and after it was the RAF who actually got them to convert spare Mk IXs into trainers

[left4deadalie1]

Spitfire's can cost up to 2.5 million

[popmerde]

@agwhitaker totally mate, that two seater looks ugly

[infernalzen]

appologies for the camera shake.

i was having to hold it above other peoples heads, to get a clear picture