Grace Spitfire at Farnborough Airshow
The Spitfire is one of the classics of British aviation and a plane that has been on my list of things to photograph for a long time; to see it in flight was an extra bonus. This photo was captured last Saturday at the Farnborough International Airshow. I hadn’t heard of it before Mark mentioned the possibility of going a few months ago and I am very glad that we both made the effort, despite the costs and forecast bad weather.
This particular Supermarine Spitfire ML407 was originally built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944 as a single seat fighter, and served in the front line of battle throughout the last twelve months of WWII. If you would like to read more about this great aircraft, where you can see the pilot, Carolyn Grace flying and more about the story of its journey from war zone to airshow, please click here.
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