02-18-2011, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Venice - Italy
Posts: 585
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Originally Posted by tree_uk
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Originally Posted by robtek
i've just learned a new word to describe the idee behind posts like this : Tree-ism :-d :-d
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i like it, it means being right 90% of the time.  |
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A whole generation of pilots learned to treasure the Spitfire for its delightful response to aerobatic manoeuvres and its handiness as a dogfighter. Iit is odd that they had continued to esteem these qualities over those of other fighters in spite of the fact that they were of only secondary importance tactically.Thus it is doubly ironic that the Spitfire’s reputation would habitually be established by reference to archaic, non-tactical criteria.
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