Spitfire - full frontal!
This is a Mk Vc machine dating from 1942.
The pilot is clearly visible through the windscreen.
If you look very carefully indeed, you can just make out two wires, running between the tips of each tail wing to the body of the aircraft. These were used to transmit a radio signal that made friendly aircraft appear larger on the very early radar screens then in use to detect enemy aircraft.
The yellow stripes on the wing leading edges were added to help differentiate friend from foe when the aircraft was seen from head on, as here.
This Spitfire Mk Vc, AR501, is owned and operated by The Shuttleworrth Collection and based at Old Warden aerodrome.
Spitfire - full frontal!
This is a Mk Vc machine dating from 1942.
The pilot is clearly visible through the windscreen.
If you look very carefully indeed, you can just make out two wires, running between the tips of each tail wing to the body of the aircraft. These were used to transmit a radio signal that made friendly aircraft appear larger on the very early radar screens then in use to detect enemy aircraft.
The yellow stripes on the wing leading edges were added to help differentiate friend from foe when the aircraft was seen from head on, as here.
This Spitfire Mk Vc, AR501, is owned and operated by The Shuttleworrth Collection and based at Old Warden aerodrome.