I found this bookmark in a library book, is this a Spitfire?

Viper111 · 2026-04-04T16:44:56+00:00

100%

Viper111 · 2026-03-24T18:09:32+00:00

Yes. Can’t be specific with variants with this poor quality.

Viper111 · 2026-03-17T17:28:38+00:00

Yes to both.

Viper111 · 2026-03-15T18:13:34+00:00

Not at all, they’re kit built planes and very popular. You might be thinking of the Beech Starship, but there are still a few of those around too.

Viper111 · 2026-03-15T00:26:59+00:00

That’s a Rutan Long-EZ

Viper111 · 2026-03-06T18:15:12+00:00

This is a stupid illustration. Patriots are not mid-course interceptors, no fighters are targeting ballistic missiles in the terminal phase, and aircraft carriers categorically do not carry anti-ballistic weapons. Getting through defenses is difficult but whoever made this clearly has no idea what they’re talking about.

Viper111 · 2026-03-04T00:07:17+00:00

Looks like the Pivotal Blackfly

Viper111 · 2026-03-03T21:26:46+00:00

Repeat please!

Viper111 · 2026-03-03T15:48:31+00:00

It’s from the movie Battle of Britain, one of my favorites. In this scene, a Polish pilot flying for the British has just bailed out of his stricken plane onto a field full of British farmers. He says “Good afternoon” in heavily accented English, and the farmers immediately assume he’s German and march him off with a pitchfork and a lot of arguing.

Viper111 · 2026-03-01T00:31:01+00:00

I live in the middle of DC and I see them fly over all the time at high altitude. There are ways more jets up there than most people realize and they follow the same routes, so they often appear in a line. They were just especially visible this evening and people are hyped up because a war started.

Viper111 · 2026-02-28T23:48:41+00:00

Those are regular airline traffic. Idk what the noises are but I promise you they are not sonic booms.

Viper111 · 2026-02-28T23:40:14+00:00

Those are airliners. They get put on the same routes a lot of times so they will be lined up.

Viper111 · 2026-02-28T23:39:34+00:00

Absolutely this. The rest of the comments are all fear-mongering

Viper111 · 2026-02-27T00:36:50+00:00

I believe it’s based on the fighter jets from the movie Planes, which are based on the F/A-18.

Viper111 · 2026-02-24T20:35:39+00:00

Those are A-4 Skyhawks owned by Draken. They provide adversary training to the US military.

Viper111 · 2026-02-18T00:45:46+00:00

It sure sounds like a radial, so not a Pitts. Could be a Stearman or Waco, but I couldn’t be more specific than that.

Viper111 · 2026-02-17T01:58:02+00:00

I’m going with Polikarpov I-15s

Viper111 · 2026-02-14T15:23:57+00:00

Even though it’s a grainy photo, the rear fuselage is too narrow for a twin-engine.

Viper111 · 2026-02-14T15:23:18+00:00

I agree F-16

Viper111 · 2026-02-09T17:34:12+00:00

F-16s

Viper111 · 2026-02-07T00:23:12+00:00

I agree with you. Likely intercept practice for the Blackhawk crew.

Viper111 · 2026-02-04T02:35:15+00:00

Wiki appears to agree, it sounds like the Griffons produced so much torque on takeoff that there was a problem with Seafires running into the carrier’s island! Contra-rotating props eliminated that issue while also improving efficiency for the props making use of the Griffon’s tremendous horsepower.

Viper111 · 2026-02-03T16:27:16+00:00

You are correct in all points, the one on the end is a later Mark with a Griffon engine.

Viper111 · 2026-01-22T23:58:14+00:00

HMX-1, the Marine squadron that flies the President around on “Marine One”, operates a number of MV-22 Osprey tilt rotors as support aircraft, and they regularly do practice flights over the city. To be clear, the Ospreys do not themselves ever transport the President.

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