Quote from top-scoring RNZAF Evan Mackie (m'kay) who made ace status on Spitfire & Tempest..
"The Spitfire was a great machine, & after 805 hours on the various marks I grew really used to it,
but it did not take me long to realize that the Tempest was ever so much superior in many ways,
both as a fighter & a ground attack machine.
At the the closing stages of the European conflict I had the option of changing to the Meteor jet aircraft,
but turned it down in favour of the tried & proven Tempest.
The harder they were flown, the better they went, & despite their almost 7-ton weight they could be
thrown around the sky like a piece of paper."
Heavy fighter fan, then E. Mackie - it appears..