Monday 9 June 2014

Vampire or Venom?



As you will know, last Friday (6th June) was the 70th Anniversary of the
D-day landings.  There have been many events marking the anniversary.  
Yesterday this plane cruised into Coventry Airport.  Mad dash - got camera.

As to this plane's identity? 
Mr LOL thinks it is a de Havilland Vampire and I am wondering if it could be a Venom.  
What do I know?  Maybe I should ring the airport.
I did!  It is a Venom :).

17 comments:

Stephanie said...

Nice image.

Linda said...

Lovely photo!

TheChieftess said...

Beautiful sky!!!

Stuart said...

In any case, it's a beautiful shot !

Jack said...

I am impressed that you would guess that it is a Venom. If I were forced to guess, I would have said, "It is a plane." If told to make a second guess, I would have said, "Really, it is a plane."

Kate said...

How could you tell at that distance? Impressive.

Cloudia said...

That double boom tail thrills, like dehavilands mosquito or our beloved lightning. Nice job, fellow aviation buff!

Deb said...

Impressive shape looks pretty venomous!

Jane and Chris said...

I'm with Jack...definitely a plane!
Jane x

Mersad said...

Wow, this is really a great shot!

Fun60 said...

You managed to get a great photo of it against that sky.

Petrea Burchard said...

Hey, they both start with V, it's close enough.

And I agree with Jack. Only I wouldn't be as witty.

William Kendall said...

A breathtaking shot!

Halcyon said...

I have no idea what it is, but it looks nice silhouetted against that sky!

Tanya Breese said...

great timing! we were on our way to williamsburg on friday and there is a huge d-day memorial not too far from us that was having a big event for the anniversary. i would have gone if we weren't leaving town!

Lowell said...

Read the title and had no clue what you were talking about...then I thought "snake." But no, that wouldn't be a vampire.

Looks like an aeroplane to me! We saw a very strange new plane overhead Sunday while on a golf course. Kinda scary, actually.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Well spotted Lauren, you must have swung your camera up like speedy gonzales to catch this super shot, nice work :)