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Old 31st Aug 2015, 07:16
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IFEZ
 
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Not that I'm any expert with Spitfires (far from it!) but every time I've seen them take off, they accelerate to level attitude ie tail wheel well off the ground and then lift off. Looks like he let it get off the ground too early, too slow, tail wheel still on the ground hence high nose attitude and lost it. Did well to recognise a bad situation and pull the pin before it got a whole lot worse.
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