WW2 Veteran celebrates 70th birthday.

[tunsty]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7540305.stm


Hats off to you S. Pitfire :hatsoff:

 

[Mauser98k]

wow, a great milestone for a beautiful but deadly old girl

 

[shayd]

A very nice occasion indeed.

 

[ballzano]

i always loved the sound of that rolls royce merlin engine

 

[maildude]

The Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang, and the F4U Corsair won the war for the Allies. Those and Hitler's/Nagumo's blundering mistakes.

 

[Eric Lindros]

Great respect for all the WWII Veterans.:bowdown:

 

[bodie54]

Cheers! :glugglug:

 

[Jagger69]

What a plane. Wow....70 years. Amazing.

 

[BlueBalls]

:bowdown: 70 years.

 

[marquis2]

It was said to be impossible to mass produce-then they built over 20 000 of them.

 

[Count Fuckula]

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/militaryaircraft/p/Spitfire.htm

I heard a great story from a friend who had been talking to some Czech Squadron air aces that fought in the Battle Of Britain.
The 303 calibre Browning guns (there were 8 on the Spit) were set to converge at 400 yards .. the Czechs .. in general more experienced and older than the young Brits had the technicians re jig them so that they converged at 100yds so that could get up close to the Luftwaffe planes!

 

[D-rock]

They don't build them like they used to.

 

[slowhand]

I'm sure is was a hell of a plane back then.

 

[Bigoldowls]

When in full flight, the sound emanating from their engines was wondrous. :bowdown:

 

[Facetious]

Thanks Tunst ! :bowdown:

Contra rotation Rolls Royce Griffon version -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbgpH2nrn-A&feature=related



See Post 1 here http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=207537&highlight=Aero+buff :hatsoff: