Name the plane

Spitfire.

 

Eight minutes...

Great work Bob

 

Stunning - thanks for the photos

 

Spectacular, thanks for posting.

 

Love the hoop at the top of the stick....for 2 hands if required?

Dogdish

 

Two 48 gallon fuel tanks? Where does that take you ?
Maybe twice around the pattern ? What am I missing ?

 

Bill- Traditional in British fighters. Sopwith Camel stick drawing below. Look familiar?
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Thanks Taz,

They rewrote the book

Dogdish

 

Can anyone guess in which aircraft this spade grip was installed?
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How about something from WW1, like a Sopwith Camel.

 

Position of brass firing button suggests a spade grip from a Hurricane minus the wheel brake grip and the rope wrap

 

Camel cockpit - grip at that stage was more triangular
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Looks like it...


http://www.avweb.com/media/newspics/185669_hurricane_cockpit_overall.jpg

 

Answer:

Okay probably not a totally fair question - yes the grip is the same as used in early Hurricanes and early Spits. The firing system on these early aircraft were pneumatic! Anyway this particular spade grip came out of a Canadian Car & Foundry built Harvard (T-6) with guns installed for gunnery training.

 

That explains the brass trigger button. Nice work on the B-17 painting.