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Many years ago when I was still living at home a Spitfire was scheduled to fly over head during a family BBQ (The parents lived less than a mile from the A1m) It was a bit over cast.
A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
My comment without even looking was "nope not even close!"
About 10mins later the earth shook as a Spitfire went past and by christ did it sound good!
A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
My comment without even looking was "nope not even close!"
About 10mins later the earth shook as a Spitfire went past and by christ did it sound good!
bleesh said:
Single Hurricane flew over Aldershot at around 20:00, heading towards Farnborough
Think I saw that too... flying the other way!Reminds me of back when Concorde was out of service, company I worked for had a golf tournament, just as we were breaking for lunch Concorde went over on a test flight... The boss said " you have no idea how many strings I had to pull to arrange that!"
(Our company logo was the Concorde)
Tango13 said:
Many years ago when I was still living at home a Spitfire was scheduled to fly over head during a family BBQ (The parents lived less than a mile from the A1m) It was a bit over cast.
A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
That's even more embarassing than confusing a Spitfire with a P-47 (they both have elliptical wings)...A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
Simpo Two said:
Tango13 said:
Many years ago when I was still living at home a Spitfire was scheduled to fly over head during a family BBQ (The parents lived less than a mile from the A1m) It was a bit over cast.
A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
That's even more embarassing than confusing a Spitfire with a P-47 (they both have elliptical wings)...A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
The P47 it was a better ground attack platform than pretty much anything with a liquid cooled engine. One bullet in the radiator could bring down a P/F 51 but you could shoot the cylinders off the radial engine in a P47 and it would still fly.
Tango13 said:
Simpo Two said:
Tango13 said:
Many years ago when I was still living at home a Spitfire was scheduled to fly over head during a family BBQ (The parents lived less than a mile from the A1m) It was a bit over cast.
A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
That's even more embarassing than confusing a Spitfire with a P-47 (they both have elliptical wings)...A private airplane flew past to which my dad commented "there goes the Spit"
The P47 it was a better ground attack platform than pretty much anything with a liquid cooled engine. One bullet in the radiator could bring down a P/F 51 but you could shoot the cylinders off the radial engine in a P47 and it would still fly.
Tango13 said:
The P47 it was a better ground attack platform than pretty much anything with a liquid cooled engine. One bullet in the radiator could bring down a P/F 51 but you could shoot the cylinders off the radial engine in a P47 and it would still fly.
The P-47 wasn't designed for the ground attack role but ended up doing it once the P-51 came along. When complimented about the superior diving abilities of the P-47, Don Blakeslee, a Spitfire advocate, replied 'By god it ought to dive, for it certainly won't climb!'
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