This lad and I had finished ground running the engines
on this Mosquito after a full service and had just cleaned up. We did
a full pre-flight check and were waiting for a pilot to come along an
give it an air test. I went into the crewroom to sign the engines off
as airworthy and also got my camera. Yes, we did have chocks in front
of the wheels for the ground running, but I took them away for the picture.
The camera was my 1930 Nagel Ranca 16 on 127, and again the film was cut-down
reconnaissance film. As usual I didn't keep a record of the speed and
aperture, but the light doesn't look too good, and as I wanted a good
depth of field I probably stopped down to f/8 or f/11 and used a fairly
slow shutter speed, probably about 1/25 sec. |