Silver Spitfire - slipping the surly bonds ... T-Shirt

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An RAF Spitfire Mk IX in silver livery, catching the sunlight while looping the loop. Evoking the sonnet High Flight by RCAF pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr.
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...".

This incorporates an adapted version of an aircraft photo by Tony Hisgett (used with permission).

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