On my way to Madrid airport

Insight · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:11 am

Flying along in my Spitfire Smile

heheh this thing is just great... *sigh* if only I could buy a real one Smile

The-GPS-Kid · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:08 am

Hey, yours is better than the real one!

horrgakx · First Officer Joined: Jan 17, 2004 Posts: 310

I've probably said this before but I know a guy behind the scenes at NTL who flys a spitfire for real. He's part of a consortium that own it jointly and the share the flying time. It is apparently a very difficult aircraft to taxi and take off properly, and aproach speed is critical because if you realise you need a wedge of power the torque of the engine will flip you over very easily - a lot of spits were lost this way.

Dave

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