Seafire

...But a Seafire XVII of the Royal Navy, basically a Spitfire with

an arrestor hook for carrier ops

Ah, so that's what a Seafire is! :-)

Sorry, I can't help being a smart ass sometimes:)

Actually, I clicked on the photo before reading the caption - I simply love it, its full of a power, a "coming right at you" energy that is often hard to get from a typical vantage point at an airshow. This may sound funny, but I love the background, too - its almost like a painting and adds so much to the picture withouth taking away fromt he main point of focus - the aircraft.

I suppose some out there will ask for more colour or something - but to me this has everything it needs.