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The Real Aeroplane Company Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IX G-MKIX - East Fortune

The Real Aeroplane Company G-MKIX aircraft at East Fortune

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Image ID: 8237
Views: 3162
 Operator: The Real Aeroplane Company - G-MKIX
Aircraft: Supermarine - Spitfire PR Mk IX
Airport: UK - Scotland - East Fortune
Section: Scotland - Warbirds (WW2 and before)
Photo taken on 2000-7-14 by Alistair Bridges

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Photographer's remark
(28.11.2007, 00:03 CET)
No, it's not an advert for "Sheila's Wheels". The RAF performed trials with high altitude recconaisance aicraft visibility(based on the observations of the founder of the PRU, one Sidney Cotton) and came up with this ! Carries the serial PL965/R and formed half of a display partnership, with Hurricane XII G-HURR as "Pink and Black". When last I saw this aircraft (2005), it had changed to the more commonly applied, PRU Blue scheme.

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(31. 12. 2007, 17:20 CET)
After a number of tests it was established that pink was one of the best colours to paint aircraft for low-level reconnaissance missions at dawn and dusk. The greatest drawback of the pink camouflage was that this colour made the pilots feel very vulnerable.

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