... have read elsewhere the Spitfire is heavy on the ailerons
megan,
I have to say though that the "view out of the window" and the extra 1500 HP or so, more than makes up for any handling deficiencies!
Plus of course the bragging rights.
A well-known instructor flew in it after me and he told me afterwards in inimitable Kiwi fashion: "You sit in that back seat and it feels just like another rubbishy old Harvard, but then you look out at that wing and you know you are flying something special!"
djpil,
Thanks for posting that interesting graph. An amazing improvement in roll-rate when the Spitfire's wings were clipped.