WW2?
Fact of the Day: During WW1 the Spitfire was fitted with folding rotors so that it could operate from warboarts and fit into their small plane storage rooms. #AvGeek #RAFLutonpic.twitter.com/cEHjbmAz3b
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My Nana made them folding propellers in the munitions factory. Her skin turned yellow.
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The canary girls.
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Also, much easier to slice carrots.
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think it's for making
#RAF_Luton vats of Christmas eggnog
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saw the battle of Britain hurricane 1976 northolt after undercarriage collapsed .oops not spitfire
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I believe the rotors were interchangeable with the ships propeller.
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I think there's a mistake here; that's clearly a Hurricane.
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No it's definitely a Concorde
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The pilot could adjust the folds in the prop to better hear his iPod over the engine noise.
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