Originally Posted by Ignition Override
How about the Spitfire's lack of fuel injection, in contrast to the ME-109's BMW engine-did this cost many RAF pilots their lives, or a victory in a dogfight?
Err.....I think you mean Me109's Damiler-Benz engine.......
Originally Posted by allan907
And I wuz there when Bf109G "Black 6" took to the air at RAF Benson for the first time after its mega restoration.
The pilot (some Air Marshal or other) said it was an irregularity in the grass runway.
The pilot of Black 6's first flight was the late Reg Hallam.