And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Never realized that a Spit was that small as I flew military in the 70s and 80s. The F-4, Century Series, F-15, F-16, A-4, A-6 and A-7 are just bigger. Really puts paid to the saying of " putting your airplane on".
once read that RJ Mitchell designed the Spitfire around the pilot rather than designing an aircraft then figuring out how to make a pilot fit. Ergonomics at it's best. First B-17 I saw up close was parked outside the terminal at Dulles International. I was amazed at how "tiny" it was. Could it be that all aircraft are outsized relative to the job they're called to do?
Anonymous, if you can, get hold of a copy of 'Fly for your life' by Robert Stanford Tuck. He was able to fly the 109, the Spitfire and the Hurricane under test conditions and evaluate them against each other. Interesting read.
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ReplyDeleteNever realized that a Spit was that small as I flew military in the 70s and 80s. The F-4, Century Series, F-15, F-16, A-4, A-6 and A-7 are just bigger. Really puts paid to the saying of " putting your airplane on".
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once read that RJ Mitchell designed the Spitfire around the pilot rather than designing an aircraft then figuring out how to make a pilot fit. Ergonomics at it's best.
ReplyDeleteFirst B-17 I saw up close was parked outside the terminal at Dulles International. I was amazed at how "tiny" it was.
Could it be that all aircraft are outsized relative to the job they're called to do?
I read that a spitfire could turn inside a 109, that the interior of the spitfire allowed the pilot a greater range of movement contributed to this.
DeleteAnonymous, if you can, get hold of a copy of 'Fly for your life' by Robert Stanford Tuck. He was able to fly the 109, the Spitfire and the Hurricane under test conditions and evaluate them against each other. Interesting read.
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