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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: MiloMorai on May 29, 2013, 05:10:53 PM

Title: American PR Spitfire pilot....
Post by: MiloMorai on May 29, 2013, 05:10:53 PM

..... sees his crash landing 70 odd years later. He makes some interesting comments as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&feature=youtu.be

Title: Re: American PR Spitfire pilot....
Post by: gyrene81 on May 29, 2013, 06:41:58 PM

very cool vid...

saw it...twice now...
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,349153.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,349153.0.html)

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,349227.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,349227.0.html)

Title: Re: American PR Spitfire pilot....
Post by: streakeagle on May 29, 2013, 09:07:46 PM

I had not seen or heard about this before.
Well worth the time and I am going to make sure more people I know see this video.
Thank you.
 :salute

Title: Re: American PR Spitfire pilot....
Post by: J.A.W. on June 03, 2013, 05:14:56 PM

Cool dude..
He didn''t rate the Lightning as much..

Title: Re: American PR Spitfire pilot....
Post by: Chalenge on June 03, 2013, 05:30:05 PM

Quote from: J.A.W. on June 03, 2013, 05:14:56 PM

Cool dude..
He didn''t rate the Lightning as much..

Just confirming what we have always known about the 38.

Title: Re: American PR Spitfire pilot....
Post by: J.A.W. on June 03, 2013, 09:33:03 PM

Little guy E.Brown frightened himself recording Mach 0.87 in a Tempest test.

Took a bit of brute force to heave it around, but those big tough 2nd TAF Kiwis loved 'em.

The Tempest's high-Mach excellent dive & zoom with lateral manoeuvring capability is

exactly what the Fw 190 & Bf 109 found difficult, when they did their split-S & dive routine.

Of course, the poor Mach number-capable P-38 was found wanting against 750kmh Vne e/a..

& this is one reason why they did not do do as well in the ETO.. as the PTO..