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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Typical Flight testing regiment:
One thing you will not see in this process is the what is termed the "phase III" testing. That is not done by the service and is the responsibility of the contractor, in this case, Rolls Royce.
Phase I is concept development and is also performed by the contractor.
In 1939 we see the Phase II testing which is a proof of concept type testing and is performed by the service. We don't see the Phase I or Phase III testing as they are not done by the RAF. Any documentation is the sole property of Rolls Royce.
After Phase III testing, the concept will then come back to the service for Phase IV testing.
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Lovely but absolutely irrelevant, all I have to do is check the dates. What happened happened. I REPEAT, THERE WERE NO OPERATIONAL MKIs IN 1942. Why are they, according to you, still converting them? When by your own admission it was only operational a/c that were converted.
This is another example of you thinking that because you have expertise in engineering and warbirds restoration that whatever you say is right. Well, I'm an expert on the Battle of Britain. I simply wouldn't even entertain the idea of arguing with you about piloting, restoration or engineering because I don't doubt your credentials. Yet in the face of overwhelming evidence both hard and circumstantial you're still arguing. Why? Is it to save face.
Please sum up for me your argument in a concise way, as to why you say that fighter command hadn't completed the changeover in it's frontline Spitfires to 100 octane fuel by the beginning of summer 1940.
Because that's what this is about. You've tried all sorts of different arguments and seem to move stealthily around the subject, but come come, let's cut the crap and cut to the chase.
What have you got to lose?
Edit : changed frontline fighters to frontline spitfires.