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[Kenneth Walker]

They can be the most frustrating places for photography....this hangar at Duxford houses the airworthy and privately owned aircraft....nice to see one with the panels off (Gloster Gladiator) I like the intricacy, thoughts?

 

[FITBMX]

Well the mechanics of the plane look simple enough.

I hate shooting in large indoor areas. You did a great job on this! Did you use a flash?

 

[KC1]

Was this a Gladiator Mk I, powered by a Bristol Mercury IX air-cooled radial piston engine (378 produced) or the Gladiator Mk II (270 produced), which used a Bristol Mercury VIIIA air-cooled radial piston engine powering a three-bladed metal propeller. (You cropped off the propeller, but it looks to be a metal one).
There were also 2 naval versions, the Sea Gladiator Interim and the Sea Gladiator.

Unfortunately, these planes were already obsolete at the time of their conception.

 

[Kenneth Walker]

FITBMX...no, no flash. I did have ISO on auto, with a top limit set (3200 IIRC), plus, in the case of this image, I was shooting in RAW.....there was a fair amount of editing involved.

 

[Kenneth Walker]

KC1

Gladiator II N5903, currently belonging to The Fighter Collection and operated out of Duxford (carries the civil reg GGLAD). Delivered in 1939, and withdrawn in May 1940....supposed to have been used as a met recon aircraft, but never happened. I think there's only one other Gladiator flying, and that is at Old Warden. This one isn't entirely authentic, as it is powered by a Mercury XX and a 2 blader.

 

[KC1]

Yeah the original power plants were very unreliable.