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A long shot I know, but two single engined aircraft flew roughly north - south over the eastern fringes of Leeds mid afternoon.The shape of the wings on one of them me immediately think 'Spitfire' and the snarl of the engine reinforced that idea. Sods law naturally dictates that there was no chance of grabbing the camera in the fleeting moment I had...Did anyone else spot them, or better still know what they were and where they were going?
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Like this?
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Two spitfires were in deed over north leeds yesterday, they did a low fly past over leeds bradford airport, en route to or from an airshow somewhere.
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there was a spitfire flypast at the thundersprint motorcycle meeting a few years ago fantastic sound . I used to own a spitfire but that was a car.    
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Si, very similar to your pic, but a bit further apart!Thanks for the updates - glad to see I'm not going mad....
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Si wrote: Like this? The one on the left looks more like a V1!
It used to be said that the statue of the Black Prince had been placed in City Square , near the station, pointing South to tell all the southerners who've just got off the train to b****r off back down south!
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blackprince wrote: Si wrote: Like this? The one on the left looks more like a V1! I thought that! Wasn't there a practice of diving down onto V1's (in order to gain enough speed) and clipping wings to send them plummeting to earth before they got over London?
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raveydavey wrote: blackprince wrote: Si wrote: Like this? The one on the left looks more like a V1! I thought that! Wasn't there a practice of diving down onto V1's (in order to gain enough speed) and clipping wings to send them plummeting to earth before they got over London? I think they were on there way to Grassington for some sort of themed event. They flew over us in Burnsall at about 3pm.
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raveydavey wrote: blackprince wrote: Si wrote: Like this? The one on the left looks more like a V1! I thought that! Wasn't there a practice of diving down onto V1's (in order to gain enough speed) and clipping wings to send them plummeting to earth before they got over London? It is a V-1. The optimal method was for the chasing aircraft to place it's wing in a position to alter the airflow over the V-1's wing (without touching it) to disrupt the lift, thereby bringing the flying bomb down.    
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they flew over north stainley ripon on saturday afternoon but only one had the spitfire eliptical wing, thought the other may be a huricane, i was cycling in lincilnshire on sunday and they came over me again, the lancaster is better though especially at just over church tower height at conningsby
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