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Spitfire MKXIV or Mustang P-51d which one prefer?

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  1. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #101 Arvin Grajau, Feb 1, 2012
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    #102 Aircon, Feb 1, 2012
  3. Steve355F1

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    #103 Steve355F1, Feb 1, 2012
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    Better sounding (and better looking) than ANY car.

    That fly-by with the Spitfires and Mosquitos is superb.
    Put that on the big telly with the surround sound on. Mmmmm....

    I have to disagree with you Blackjag on which type of Spitfire looks the best.

    I always felt that the bubble canopy ruined the lines as did the larger and pointier vertical tail.
    For mine the best looking will always be the "classic" MK V or MK IX, although it is true that some MK IX's did have the bubble canopy.
    Some also had clipped wings, for that matter, for a better low-level roll rate.
    Now that really DID ruin the lines!

    One of my greatest ambitions is to fly a real Spitfire, and one day I will.
    One of my others was to own a Ferrari. It took nearly forty years to achieve that.
    I really hope it doesn't take another forty to get to fly a Spit!

    :)


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  4. alexm

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    #104 alexm, Feb 1, 2012
    mmm.. Spitfire.. handsome brute and always will be.. 355/Boxer of the air?
     
  5. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #105 Arvin Grajau, Feb 1, 2012
    err K3 of the air (supercharger)
     
  6. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ

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    #106 Arvin Grajau, Feb 1, 2012
    My stepfather spent the entire WW2 in London and then the rural areas as a teenager,he must have scene a lot during the battle of Britain.
     
  7. alexm

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    #107 alexm, Feb 1, 2012
    Sopwith era though.. comparing apples with apples ;)

    As always beauty in the eye of the beholder etc..
     
  8. Arvin Grajau

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    #108 Arvin Grajau, Feb 1, 2012
    hawker fury?
     
  9. Steve355F1

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    #109 Steve355F1, Feb 1, 2012
    On the one hand I certainly don't envy him if he was around London during the Blitz, but on the other it surely must have been the most extraordinary time to be alive.

    The Sea Fury is another lovely elliptical wing design, although without quite the grace of the Spitfire IMO. More brute force than finesse. Bit like the P-47 Thunderbolt in that regard.
     
  10. Arvin Grajau

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    #110 Arvin Grajau, Feb 1, 2012
    Sea fury is a grunter.
    He reckons for a teenage boy,it was the best time of his life,including the house next store getting a direct hit!
     
  11. Gleggy

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    #111 Gleggy, Feb 2, 2012
    The other thing that poeple forget about is just how much stuff was falling to the ground with an aerial battle going on overhead. Stray bullets and thousands of spent 303, 20mm cases falling to earth. A spent 20mm case falling on your head from 10,000 ft would just about knock you out.
     
  12. moretti

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    #112 moretti, Feb 2, 2012
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    Gleggy and a few others who have been to Oakey would have seen these beauties
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  13. jmillard308

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    #113 jmillard308, Feb 3, 2012
    That Fokker looks like a Messerschmidt

    *boom-tish*
     
  14. moretti

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    #114 moretti, Feb 3, 2012
    oil pan suggests it's had the engine swapped for a pommie radial :p
     
  15. Scaramouche

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    #115 Scaramouche, Feb 3, 2012
    Guidos Boomerang!

    did they acknowledge him and the restoration in the info panel at least?
     
  16. I16

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    Nico is not worried about recovery times but is working on running more wing next time.
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  17. VMax

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    #117 VMax, Oct 14, 2014
    Nico's probably too smart to own one, and just charters the cheapest thing that'll do the job :)
     
  18. VMax

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    #118 VMax, Oct 14, 2014
    TIE fighters really are from a long time ago!
     
  19. I16

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    They are still building them!
     
  20. Steve355F1

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    #120 Steve355F1, Oct 14, 2014
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    Pfffft. If I was an F1 driver I'd be arriving in real style.

    At least to the races in Europe, anyway... :)
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    #121 Horse, Oct 14, 2014

    No shields?
     
  22. Steve355F1

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    #122 Steve355F1, Oct 14, 2014
    Of course not.

    It's a V12 with the engine in the front...

    :)
     
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  24. VMax

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    #125 PAP 348, Oct 14, 2014
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