Battle of Britain hero Wing Commander Peter Ayerst stands in front of Rolls-Royce's Spitfire PR Mk XIX during Flight's 100th Anniversary party.
The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and Supermarine Spitfire were both in the top ten of Flight's 100 Greatest.
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Wg Cdr Peter Ayerst and a Rolls-Royce Spitfire PR Mk XIX
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on August 1, 2009 4:46 PM | Reply
That's a griffon engined Spitfire mind, but a beautiful aircraft and a beautiful image.