DSC_0282 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
DSC_0282 / Leatherhead Photography
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Supermarine Seagull V (aka Walrus)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_WalrusSupermarine Seagull V (Australian Air Force A2-4). It was designed by R J Mitchell as an Air and Sea Rescue amphibian in 1933. It was used for rescuing downed airmen or for reconnaissance and could be catapulted from warships. It was known as the Walrus in RAF service, when the Australian Air Force ordered 24 they named it the Seagull. With Supermarine concentrating on building Spitfires, production of the Walrus was assigned to Saunders Roe Ltd (SARO). SARO eventually built 461 out of a total of 746 aircraft by January 1944, when production ended.The aircraft on display was test flown in December 1935 before its shipment to Australia. Before and during the war it was embarked on a number of HMAS ships suffering a number of accidents, including a sinking in 1938. After the war it was sold, becoming VH-ALB and operating successfully till the late 1960s. After a crash in 1970 it was held by the RAAF before being shipped to the UK in 1973. Restoration began in 1975 at Henlow and the aircraft was moved to Hendon in 1979. |
| 撮影日 | 2013-12-27 11:32:01 |
| 撮影者 | Leatherhead Photography |
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| カメラ | NIKON D90 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.05 sec (1/20) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |
| 焦点距離 | 18 mm |