Equally the pilots who will fly the scale model Mk26 should be pleased and proud of their skill in flying this scale model but should never be compared to the pilots that flew and indeed fly the genuine Spitfire
Does that include the skill of taxying into other aircraft on the ground?
Airshow News
Carloyn Grace's Spitfire (ML407) was involved in an accident when its propeller blades struck a helicopter as it was taxiing to a halt at Duxford airfield on the afternoon of 31 March 2001? No one was hurt in the accident but the helicopter, a Jet Ranger (G- JWLS) was badly damaged. The Spitfire was out of action all last year and had been made ready for this season. It will now need a new propeller and the Merlin engine will have to be tested for shock loading. It is hoped that the Spitfire will be fixed and able to participate in this years airshows.
Doesn't say who was at the controls but Jetranger G-JWLS appears not to have ever recovered from this meeting with a
real Spitfire.