Spit

Spit

Supermarine Spitfire MK 16 on the flight over the Hahnweide in September 2011.

The Supermarine Spitfire was a fighter from British production. The low-wing aircraft was used primarily during the Second World War by the Royal Air Force and many Allied air forces on all fronts. The good maneuverability at the Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers), Ltd.. originally under the chief designer Reginald J. Mitchell and his successors developed aircraft made ​​it very popular with pilots. At Supermarine and their licensees more than 20,300 Spitfires were built in all variants. The machine remained even after 1945 until well into the 1950s in the service.

The name Spitfire literally means fire-eaters and in the figurative sense as much as hothead. The German pilots called the Spitfire as saliva, in allusion to the German meaning of the word to spit. For the Allies it was simply called Spit.
lt. wikipedia

Nikon D3s 4.5-6.3 50-500mm DG OS HSM Sigma lens, 1 / 250 sec Aperture 20,
Focal length 460 mm