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Title: They called them Spitfires
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Published: Mar 13, 2012
Author: k
Post Date: 2012-03-13 14:53:53 by PSUSA2
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War wasn't a video game back then.
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#1. To: PSUSA2 (#0)
Thank you for posting this. The Spitfire was an elegant point-interceptor. The wartime Spits used aluminum rivets, all of the flying examples today have had every last rivet replaced with sturdier rivets (10,000+ rivets per airplane).
-Alex Kurtagic
#2. To: X-15 (#1)
Did'nt know that. We use to have personal unauthorized modifications now and then. Air force had a term called AOCP written on the Form 1. Aircraft out of commission awaiting parts.... No one dared use that term, therefore unauthorized "modifications". all of the flying examples today have had every last rivet replaced with sturdier rivets (10,000+ rivets per airplane).
#3. To: PSUSA2, Cynicom (#0)
I always preferred the P-38.
"You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
#4. To: Turtle (#3)
Interesting how the war movies/documentaries never get it right. These guns do not go rat tat tat. They go GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. 600 cyclic x 6 or 8 guns does not = rat tat tat.
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#5. To: PSUSA2 (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic
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