Col. Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Wow - look at that. When Britain had an aviation industry! Oh, wait a minute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Fantastic stuff. Just amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Are the uppersurface roundels really low-viz, or is it that they appear to be...although obviously a typical summer's day, ie cloudy and dull, the upper surfaces of the wing will reflect the light more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsrjoe Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hiya chaps, i think the marking were in 'normal' bright colours, the seemingly lighter shade being a reflection on the upper wings re the trails carried out, there are a couple of files in the PRO/TNA. containing RAE. reports using this aircraft and containing images of the various internal canopy shapes examined. the aircraft underwent aquite a few colour scheme changes, from camouflage, to white overall, white with red? trim, then overall roundel blue ... hoping this helps, cheers, joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenMG Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) As for all-white Hunters, didn't they paint one up for filming The Right Stuff? Yes they did. It was an ex-Danish F.51 and was used to represent the Douglas D-558 Skyrocket. Clicky here Looks nothing like a D-558 of course, but there you go. Edited January 26, 2008 by StephenMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Hiya chaps, i think the marking were in 'normal' bright colours, the seemingly lighter shade being a reflection on the upper wingshoping this helps, cheers, joe Rats!! I believe Joe's right - look at the FD2 next to it in that brilliant pic, it displays the same effect. And I was really beginning to fancy building a white Hunter with two different colour roundels on it..... Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 oh I like that "Skyrocket". Thank you indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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