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To: Snowyman

I always thought the Spitfire was prettier than the Hurricane and the Hawker Typhoon prettier than both.


3 posted on 09/15/2015 8:12:42 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

I agree but to me the most timeless and beautiful fighter of that era was the P-51.

Just as the Ford GT-40 is timeless. When a design is right it is right forever.


5 posted on 09/15/2015 8:19:05 AM PDT by biff
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

I had a friend who was an airplane mechanic in Europe in WW2. I suggested the P51 was the greatest plane in that conflict and he said he liked the Spitfire. He felt it to be the greatest single engine prop designed.


27 posted on 09/15/2015 9:53:16 AM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is anarchy.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Tossup between Typhoon and Tempest.


37 posted on 09/15/2015 3:27:37 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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