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Wonderful colours great capture well done 👍 Ian.
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WesternRed.
Interesting shot. Its a wonderful capture with great colours. But, what is the aircraft? It is displaying RAF roundels so can we assume it is British manufacture. It looks like it has an air-to-air missile so maybe a fighter/interceptor. The problem is that ring at the front that seems to suggest a single central air intake - like the Mig 15 suggested by Tom above. But, the UK didn't fly Migs - and I don't thing the Mig 15 had air-to-air missiles. The only active-duty British aircraft with a central intake was the Lightening . . . and I don't think this is a Lightening. Maybe the wide angle of view is adding to the confusion and hiding a normal radome in the nose. The decals for the ejector seat suggest it might be a single seat craft - or maybe a dual crew in tandem and the camouflage colours would indicate a more recent (say last 20 years) edition. Lastly, that "growth" is too narrow to be a wing joining the fuselage. Could it be part of an engine intake? If so, maybe this is a Tornado. The only sensible answer is to send Ian back for a photo of the full aircraft. 
Quote:George: I have managed to find an image of the full plane. See V1 Anybody know what the plane is?
List of aircraft at the museum - http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/museums/main/nat-mus-of-flight-scotland.htm#List_of_Aircraft_Exhibits
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Quote:George: I have managed to find an image of the full plane. See V1 Anybody know what the plane is?
List of aircraft at the museum - http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/museums/main/nat-mus-of-flight-scotland.htm#List_of_Aircraft_Exhibits
That is a Lightening!! I should have gone with first gut feeling.
Lightning, no question. I had (still have somewhere in a cupboard) an Airfix model of one of these.
The general livery was silver but other air forces operated this aircraft and paint jobs could vary where the aircraft was deployed so those info boards as seen in V1 would have been useful.
I try and take a shot of those so I have all the info when I get back home.
Rate of climb 50,000 per minute, what a plane.
The general livery was silver but other air forces operated this aircraft and paint jobs could vary where the aircraft was deployed so those info boards as seen in V1 would have been useful.
I try and take a shot of those so I have all the info when I get back home.
Rate of climb 50,000 per minute, what a plane.
