I'm too young to be able to compare any Spitfires with the Chippy, but remember with pleasure doing AFS at Tarrant Rushton in the early '50s and finding that the Vampire 3 (I think - perhaps 5) handled just like a Chipmunk, with that extra "something" that made life fun for a wet-behind-the-ears junior flyboy ... So young to have TWO loves at first flight in one's life !
