Spitfire V Mustang
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Not been in a Spit unfortunately but have been in the back of a P-51. An amazing experience from start to finish, total of 3 hrs or so across two days. Loved every single second, it pulls very nicely, still does very capable aeros (while I fought the urge to make dugga dugga dugga machine gun sounds) and sounds and looks wonderful and I felt very privileged to have done it.
The owner also has a T6 and a Sea Fury, and says the Mustang is a pussycat compared to the Fury.
It is a beautiful machine, but I would still take the Spit.
The owner also has a T6 and a Sea Fury, and says the Mustang is a pussycat compared to the Fury.
It is a beautiful machine, but I would still take the Spit.
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Couldn`t We create a hybrid of the two? Imagine that.
It was uglier than the Spit and the Mustang as well.
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The SETP ran an interesting comparison between P-47, P-51, F4U and F6F, which were evaluated by modern TPs and the Mustang fared surprisingly poorly,
yak
Makes a P51 look like a drag queen.
Still not as pretty as an early mark Spitfire though.
Last edited by kluge; 6th Nov 2009 at 04:47. Reason: typo
the Mustang is a pussycat compared to the Fury
Sea Fury = Greatest piston engined fighter ever built, absolutley incredible
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As a child of the Commonwealth, I'm sorry to say that on looks alone, the Mustang for me. I actually like the clipped wings of the later Spitfire Marks, but if you want a performance Mustang, look no further than the CA-15 Kangaroo!
- Maximum speed: 448 mph (721 km/h)
- Range: 2,450 mi (3,920 km)
- Service ceiling: 39,000 ft (12,870 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,900 ft/min (1,531 m/min)
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Very much the Mustang -
I was at an airshow where the entertainment for the afternoon was
an air-raid and scramble by the good guys to get into the air.
Compared to the Mustang, the Spitfire seemed to waddle like a duck as
it speed off down the airfield as it staggered to get airborne in the rush.
It just didn't look very elegant in comparison to the Mustang.
I was at an airshow where the entertainment for the afternoon was
an air-raid and scramble by the good guys to get into the air.
Compared to the Mustang, the Spitfire seemed to waddle like a duck as
it speed off down the airfield as it staggered to get airborne in the rush.
It just didn't look very elegant in comparison to the Mustang.
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Tis a Gannet with it's wings folded, and a natty pair of shorts sported by the ground crew.
The F-82 (twin Mustang) has a radar mounted between the fuselages, it isn't pleased to see you..
The F-82 (twin Mustang) has a radar mounted between the fuselages, it isn't pleased to see you..
Red On, Green On
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Buy a ticket for the Lottery tonight and with the £90m you can buy both!
Sea Fury does it for me. Even at 50 it still stirs the loins
Sea Fury does it for me. Even at 50 it still stirs the loins
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The initial drawing of the Spit made it a Hurri look a like. Went through 13 iterations during development before becoming the Spit we are so familiar with. 2nd drawing is iteration #11, 3rd #13 (final).
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If the Hurri IIc had flown in the BoB no-one would be sniffing about it being a fugly. Those four 20 mms woulda knocked spots off everything in its path.
