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Old 2nd Aug 2011, 18:32
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Originally Posted by Peter-RB
The Spit pilots learned very quickly to go inverted when trying to dive onto the Hun 109s, and eventually a lady engineer worked out a type of washer with a special hole in it fitted into the floatchamber cured the neg g on the big carbs!
Mrs Shilling's orifice was the cure referred to. Fascinating lady, given the attitudes of the day
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