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Title: Difference between a Spitfire and a Hurricane
Post by CWatters on Aug 4^th, 2012, 8:13pm

Caught this on Radio 4 today. Might be on Iplayer. I hadn't heard it before. Anyway two pilots are discussing the merits of a Spitfire vs a Hurricane. One says to the other... The problem with the Hurricane is that the undercarriage retracts inwards, so just when things start to get exciting she closes her legs, where as with a Spitfire..

Title: Re: Difference between a Spitfire and a Hurricane
Post by TIMBA-WOLF on Aug 4^th, 2012, 8:50pm

CW, As someone with a facination of both aircraft, i find that both extremely funny as well as typical of pilots of that era!!

thanks

Title: Re: Difference between a Spitfire and a Hurricane
Post by big_all on Aug 5^th, 2012, 1:37am

anyone worth there metal would canvace an opinion as wether a round wing tip is better than a square one in a rolls royce of a plane